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· 1/4/1980

Doris Jean Allen v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 613 F.2d 139
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 21632

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing a plaintiff’s inclination towards employment as one factor among many undermining the finding that she could engage in substantial gainful employment
  • “Substantiality of the evidence must be based upon the record taken as a whole.”
  • “Substantiality of the evidence must be based upon the record taken as a whole”
  • plaintiff bears burden of proving a disability preventing her pursuit of gainful employment
  • “Once, however, a prima facia case that claimant cannot perform her usual work is made, the burden shifts to the Secretary to show that there is work in the national economy which she can perform.”
  • claimant’s significant work history “demon‐ strated a considerable inclination toward employment”

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Judges: Edwards, Weick, Peck

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