1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 769 F.2d
  5. 769 F.2d 1202 (1985)
 

JOHNSON v. HECKLER

Nos. 85-1254, 85-1490.

769 F.2d 1202 (1985)

Edna JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Antolin, John Bouman, Steven Coursey, Shelley Davis, Robert E. Lehrer, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In this class action, applicants for and recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits challenge regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Plaintiff-applicants allege that the Secretary's regulations governing the sequential evaluation for determining disability claims violate the Social Security Act and the Constitution by denying benefits at a threshold step even to those claimants who meet their prima...

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