· 6/26/1996
Margaret Whitecotton, by Her Next Friends, Kay Whitecotton and Michael Whitecotton v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Citations
- 81 F.3d 1099
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- indicating that special masters have discretion in how they weigh evidence
- indicating that special masters enjoy discretion in how to weigh evidence
- “Congress desired the special masters to have very wide discretion with respect to the evidence they would con-sider_”
- “Congress desired the special masters to have very wide discretion with respect to ... the weight to be assigned that evidence.”
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Judges: Rich, Newman, Clevenger
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