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Seventh Circuit· 3/7/2007

Roberta Skinner v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner

Citations

  • 478 F.3d 836
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 5259
  • 2007 WL 677229

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a claimant bears the burden to introduce objective evidence that an ALJ should have developed the record further particularly when a claimant is represented by counsel
  • observing that “a claimant represented by counsel is presumed to have made his best case before the ALJ”
  • explaining that “a claimant represented by counsel is presumed to have made his best case before the ALJ”
  • explaining that “a claimant represented by counsel is presumed to have made his best case before the ALJ”
  • noting that counseled claimant is “presumed to have made his best case before the ALJ”
  • noting that counseled claimant is “presumed to have made his best case before the ALJ”

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Judges: Kanne, Evans, Sykes

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