1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 771 F.2d
  5. 771 F.2d 266 (1985)
 

DeLONG v. HECKLER

No. 84-1670.

771 F.2d 266 (1985)

Warren E. DeLONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Atz, Auburn, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Lawrence Steele, Jr., U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., David H. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Mimi Hwang Leahy, Asst. Reg. Atty., H.H.S., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services requires us to decide a novel question involving the scope of review by the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration in disability cases. For background on the Appeals Council, see 2 McCormick, Social Security Claims and Procedure §§ 599-604 (1983); Mashaw, et al., Social Security Hearings and Appeals 102-07 (1978).

DeLong applied for disability...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases