· 6/20/1994
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries
Citations
- 512 U.S. 267
- 114 S. Ct. 2251
- 129 L. Ed. 2d 221
- 1994 U.S. LEXIS 4669
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the ALJ must weigh all relevant evidence together, rather than analyzing the evidence separately depending on its type
- concluding that the Court’s “cursory conclusion” in a different case “does not warrant the same level of deference we typically give our precedents”
- holding that the ALJ must weigh all relevant evidence together, rather than analyzing the evidence separately depending on its type
- holding that, under the Administrative Procedure Act, the burden of proof encompasses the burden of persuasion; when the evidence is evenly balanced, the party with the burden must lose
- holding that, under the Administrative Procedure Act, the burden of proof encompasses the burden of persuasion; when the evidence is evenly balanced, the party with the burden must lose
- stating that “the assignment of the burden of proof is a rule of substantive law”
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Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Souter, Blackmun, Stevens
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