Samuel A. Ferguson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1981-03-30

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GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge: Our nation’s courts are required to play a limited role in reviewing the disposition of social security benefits claims. We are not to meddle in the fact-findings of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 1 (“the Secretary”) unless the decision is not supported by “substantial evidence.”…

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