CRAYTON v. CALLAHAN

No. 96-6002.

120 F.3d 1217 (1997)

Sterling CRAYTON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John J. CALLAHAN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Alan Wright, Florence, AL, Gerald A. McIntyre, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Caryl Privett, U.S. Attorney, Birmingham, AL, Linda Sullivan Trippe, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frank W. Hunger, Brian G. Kennedy, Civil Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Andrew C. Phelan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Jim R. Ippolito, Jr., Richard N. Meadows, Montgomery, AL, Barbara C. Biddle, Howard S. Scher, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Washington, DC, Mary Ann Sloan, Office of the General Counsel, Joseph P. Palermo, Elyse Sharfman, Mack A. Davis, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and O'KELLEY, Senior District Judge.


RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of a class action brought by mentally disabled persons who alleged that the defendants, the Commissioner of Social Security and Alabama's Division of Disability Determination ("DDD"), failed to properly process their disability claims in that the persons considering a claim of disability do not develop evidence of mental disability, even though that is not a basis upon which the claim...

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