GRIFFIS v. WEINBERGER

No. 73-2821.

509 F.2d 837 (1975)

Orville J. GRIFFIS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Caspar W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Gartner, Community Advocates/Legal Aid Society of Santa Cruz County, Capitola, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brian B. Denton, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.


OPINION

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether severe chronic alcoholism and related drug abuse, standing alone, can, if serious enough, amount to a disability as defined in the Social Security Act. Section 416(i) of Title 42, United States Code, defines "disability" as: "inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in...

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