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· 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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