Hughes v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1989
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cited by 1 later decisions
April 1989
most recently cited
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
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“There can be no doubt of the finality of the ... dismissal order, since it dismissed every dispute ever pending in this case. A designation that the order was “ap-pealable” would have been unnecessary surplusage, since plaintiff would have no basis for appealing a favorable decision and had waived any objection to closing this case, and defendant would have no basis for appeal, since it was the Secretary who rendered the decision....”
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