DOBBINS v. SCHWEIKER

No. 78-3100.

641 F.2d 1354 (1981)

Lauretta L. DOBBINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances L. Hancock, Hancock, Anthenien & Compton, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan M. Grochal, Baltimore, Md., for defendant-appellee.

Before ELY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge:

The sole question before this Court is whether the Secretary's decision denying benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended by the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972 (Act), 30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., was supported by substantial evidence that Dobbins failed to marshal sufficient evidence to establish the existence of a total disability.1 We find that it was not and...

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