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· 8/24/1984

Duane SWITZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 742 F.2d 382
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 19200
  • 6 Soc. Serv. Rev. 270

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding the Secretary’s use of only the portions of a doctor’s report that favored her position to be improper
  • reversing where denial rested on excerpts of an uncontradicted medical report that, in full, revealed severe impairments
  • “[T]he Secretary’s attempt to use only the portions [of a report] favorable to her position, while ignoring other parts, is improper.”
  • “Th[e] report is uncontradicted and the Secretary's attempt to use only the portions favorable to her position, while ignoring other parts, is improper.”
  • “Th[e] report is uncontradicted and the Secretary's attempt to use only the portions favorable to her position, while ignoring other parts, is improper.”
  • “Th[e] report is uncontradicted and the Secretary’s attempt to use only the portions favorable to her position, while ignoring other parts, is improper.”

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Judges: Cummings, Cudahy, Flaum

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