HANSEN v. HARRIS

No. 324, Docket 79-6125.

619 F.2d 942 (1980)

Ann HANSEN, Appellee, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Beattie, Stanley Ericsson, Dept. of HEW (Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., William B. Gray, U. S. Atty., Jerome J. Niedermeier, Asst. U. S. Atty., Rutland, Vt., Randolph W. Gaines, Chief of Litigation, Baltimore, Md., of counsel), for appellant.

Ronald Lospennato, Walter M. Morris, Jr., St. Johnsbury, Vt., Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, OAKES and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal does not involve a great deal monetarily: appellee is seeking mother's insurance benefits, as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 402(g)1 for the year preceding June 12, 1974. Yet the case does raise a significant issue of estoppel against the Government. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)2 appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the District...

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