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DEPOVER v. BARNHARDT

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's decision, upholding denial of disability insurance benefits, is affirmed where the ALJ properly analyzed the credibility of...

T.D. v. LAGRANGE SCH. DIST. NO. 102

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Benefits
The district court is reversed in part and affirmed in part where the requirements for attaining prevailing party status set out in Buckhannon are...

BALDWIN v. BARNHARDT

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's denial of an application for Social Security disability benefits is affirmed where ALJ's finding that claimant retained the residual...

HENDERSON v. BARNHARDT

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
The district court's affirmance of the denial of social security disability benefits is reversed where the finding that plaintiff is able to return to...

BARNHARDT v. THOMAS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
The Third Circuit is reversed where it unreasonably construed 42 U.S.C. section 423(d)(2)(A) to mean that the ability to perform prior work...

WEBER v. BARNHARDT

Government Benefits
Summary judgment to the Commissioner of Social Security Administration on plaintiff's application for supplemental security income is affirmed where...

COLLINS v. HAMILTON

Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a class action suit alleging violations of the Medicaid Act, summary judgmemt to plaintiff is affirmed where a PRTF qualifies as an inpatient...

JUSTICE v. PIKE COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
In a free speech and discrimination action, summary judgment to defendant is reversed where plaintiff's claims were not precluded by the alleged...

BRUEGGEMANN v. BARNHARDT

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's affirmance of the Social Security Commissioner's decision to deny his application for supplemental security income or disability...

NEWELL v. COMM'R SOC. SEC.

Government Benefits
Denial of plaintiff's disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act is reversed where the ALJ 1) denied plaintiff's claim at step two...