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· 12/4/1980

Howard Fruge v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant

Citations

  • 631 F.2d 1244
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 11719

How courts have described this case

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  • “It is permissible for an ALJ to take administrative notice that certain jobs are light and sedentary and exist in the national economy.”
  • “If the Secretary points to possible alternative employment, the burden of persuasion then returns to the claimant to prove his inability to perform those jobs. Johnson v. Harris, 612 F.2d 993 (5th Cir. 1980).”

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Judges: Brown, Politz, Tate

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