· 8/26/1977
Charlotte Laffoon v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Citations
- 558 F.2d 253
- 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11804
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The role of the reviewing court is quite limited. It may neither reweigh the evidence nor substitute its judgment for that of the Secretary.”
- “We agree with the Administrative Law Judge that ‘cultural deprivation’ is not a medical impairment contemplated by the Social Security Act.”
- “cultural deprivation” not a “medical impairment”
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Judges: Brown, Roney, Hill
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