U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1970

Roscoe E. Reams v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided June 30, 1970 · Mehaffy, Gibson, Bright

428 F.2d 1225; 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 8412 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Donald H. Canning, Waterloo, Iowa, for appellant., Raymond D. Battocchi, Atty., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee; William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Evan L. Hultman, U. S. Atty., Sioux City, Iowa, on the brief.

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

Conard v. Bowen (District Court, S.D. Iowa 1988)
Bocian v. Mathews (District Court, N.D. Iowa 1976)
Rufer v. Richardson (District Court, D. South Dakota 1972)
Bebout v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare (District Court, W.D. Missouri 1972)
Mary L. Hart v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (5th Cir. 1971)
Philip G. Miller v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (8th Cir. 1970)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Roscoe E. Reams, by complaint filed in the United States district court, sought to overturn a final adjudication by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying him Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 (i), 423. Judge McManus dismissed the complaint, and Reams filed this appeal.

We consider the same issue that Reams submitted to the district court; whether substantial evidence supports the Secretary’s finding of fact that Reams’ dis *1226 ability produced by pulmonary emphysema did not prevent him from “engaging in substantial gainful activity”.

Reams’ emphysematous condition became manifest during late 1965. On December 7, 1966, his employer of twenty-seven years standing, Rath Packing Company of Waterloo, Iowa, terminated Reams’ employment on account of this affliction. During the summer of 1967, however, the Minneapolis Rehabilitation Center, in a week-long study, evaluated Reams’ employment skills in the light of his physical condition and found him capable and physically qualified to return to his former job as a foreman or of performing light factory work. The medical testimony concerning the disabling effect of Reams’ disease is in conflict.

Upon trial of the ease, Judge McManus found substantial evidence to support the administrative determination of the Secretary. Reams v. Finch, 313 F.Supp. 1272 (N.D.Iowa 1970).

We agree and affirm on the basis of the district court’s opinion.

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