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CLEVELAND v. POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORP.

No. 97-1008.

526 U.S. 795 (1999)

CLEVELAND v. POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORP. et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided May 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Wall, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Laura Eardley Calhoun.

Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United States et al. as amici curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Arthur J. Fried, C. Gregory Stewart, Philip B. Sklover, Lorraine C. Davis, and Robert J. Gregory.

Stephen G. Morrison argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were C. Adair Bledsoe, Jr., David N. Kitner, and Kimberly S. Moore.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides benefits to a person with a disability so severe that she is "unable to do [her] previous work" and "cannot . . . engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy." § 223(a) of the Social Security Act, as set forth in 42 U. S. C. § 423(d)(2)(A). This case asks whether the law erects a special presumption...

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