Published opinions from 2004. The case name opens the case page.
September 22, 2004385 F.3d 737
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment, holding that for diversity jurisdiction a professional corporation is treated like any other corporation, so the citizenship of its shareholders is irrelevant.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the denial of benefits, concluding that the ALJ’s step-three and step-five findings were supported by substantial evidence and that the ALJ’s failure to name the relevant listing did not require remand where the decision showed consideration of the applicable evidence and the analysis was…
April 2, 2004362 F.3d 995
The court held that substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s decision to discount one psychologist’s findings, but that the residual functional capacity assessment and vocational-expert hypothetical failed to account for supported limitations involving instruction, criticism, independent planning, and goal-setting.
March 24, 2004362 F.3d 395
The court held that Ford exhausted the grievance concerning excessive force when the prison review board decided it on the merits, but that he nevertheless brought suit too early by tendering his complaint while administrative review was still pending.
The court affirmed the denial of disability benefits because substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s finding that Scheck was not disabled before his insured status expired and that he could perform his past work.