Kirk v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1981-12-22

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CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge. This consolidated appeal requires that we decide the constitutionality of the medical-vocational guidelines recently authorized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for use in disability determinations. For the reasons stated herein, we find the guidelines constitutional and within the Secretary’s statutory authority to promulgate reg…

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