NICHOLS v. FINCH

No. 13526.

421 F.2d 678 (1970)

Fannie A. NICHOLS, Appellant, v. Robert FINCH, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Johnson, III, and Richard M. Hutson, II, Durham, N. C., for appellant.

William L. Osteen, U. S. Atty. (Richard M. Dailey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

In this action for Social Security benefits, we disagree with the District Judge in his conclusion that the record contains substantial evidentiary support for the Secretary's conclusion that the claimant is not disabled within the meaning of the statute.

The claimant had worked for twenty-one years as a machine operator in a tobacco factory. She was retired as disabled only after a succession of attacks of thrombophlebitis in each...

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