VANCE v. HECKLER

No. 84-5319.

757 F.2d 1324 (1985)

Marjorie VANCE and Reginald Ham, Appellants, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Rathbun, Washington, D.C., for appellants. Lawrence E. Williams, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellants.

Daniel Bensing, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence, and Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, BORK, and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Marjorie Vance appeals from a District Court order affirming the denial of her application for child's insurance benefits on behalf of her son, Reginald Ham.1 See 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) (1982) (the Social Security Act). The benefits were earned by Willie Wilkins, who died in the State of New York in 1977. The sole issue in the case is...

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