BARRON v. APFEL

No. 99-4058.

209 F.3d 984 (2000)

Winifred E. BARRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Hanagan (submitted on briefs), Hanagan & Dousman, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ekaterina Scherb, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Winifred Barron applied for disabled widow's benefits as the widow of Paul Raymond. 42 U.S.C. § 402(e). She was turned down on the ground that she had not been Raymond's common law wife, and appeals to us from the district court's refusal to set aside the denial of her application.

Barron, now age 64, has made a career of marriage. We count seven, but the validity of several, including the common law marriage with Raymond, is critically...

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