United States DC Circuit

In a suit by a former Fannie Mae attorney challenging the discontinuance of disability benefits for a mental illness, partial summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated where there was a genuine dispute about whether bipolar disorder qualifies as a physical rather than a mental disorder.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2008
• Decided 03/28/2008
• Published 03/28/2008

Judges

• Before:  RANDOLPH and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank C. Morris, Jr. argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs were Brian W. Steinbach and Ann M. Courtney.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Witmeyer, III argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.