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· 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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