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ADAMS v. WEINBERGER

No. 76-1109.

548 F.2d 239 (1977)

Bruce B. ADAMS, Appellant, v. Caspar WEINBERGER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton Roberts, Farmington, Mo., for appellant.

Jean C. Hamilton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Donald J. Stohr (former U. S. Atty.), St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Bruce B. Adams, a chronic alcoholic, has sought and been denied Social Security disability insurance benefits. This appeal by Adams from a summary judgment of the district court sustaining the administrative denial of benefits,1 presents the difficult problem of evaluation of chronic alcoholism as a factor in Adams' disability claim.2 For reasons stated below, we vacate the judgment of...

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