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WOODSON v. CALIFANO

Civ. A. No. H-77-542.

455 F.Supp. 457 (1978)

Eliza M. WOODSON v. Joseph CALIFANO, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Petley, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Arthur R. Amdur, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

STERLING, District Judge.

This suit is before the Court on an appeal from the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (Secretary) denying Plaintiff's application for widow's benefits. Plaintiff lived with and ceremonially married her now deceased husband, Russell Woodson (Woodson). Plaintiff, after Woodson's death, sought widow's benefits. However, unknown to the Plaintiff, Woodson had a prior marriage to Ethyl Hurd...

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