U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Russell Hess, III v. Commissioner Social Security
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- July 30, 2019
- Case
- Russell Hess, III v. Commissioner Social Security
- Case status
- Decided
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JORDAN, Circuit Judge. This is a case about form and substance in decisions about eligibility for social security benefits. The Appellee, Russell Hess, III, invites us to give supremacy to form. While form is not irrelevant in the scripted analytical steps called for when determining if someone is disabled, Hess's invitation would lead to the hidebound circumstance in which an Administ…
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