· 4/21/2009
Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders
Citations
- 556 U.S. 396
- 129 S. Ct. 1696
- 173 L. Ed. 2d 532
- 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3119
How courts have described this case
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- holding that 38 U.S.C. 7261(b)(2) requires the Veterans Court to apply the same kind of \harmless-error\ rule that courts ordinarily apply in civil cases
- holding that 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(2) requires the Veterans Court to apply the same kind of “harmless-error” rule that courts ordinarily apply in civil cases
- holding that § 706 requires application of \the same kind of 'harmless-error' rule that courts ordinarily apply in civil cases\
- holding that the “burden of showing that an error is harmful normally falls upon the party attacking the agency’s decision”
- holding that the party attacking the agency’s decision has the burden of establishing that the error was harmful
- holding that “the burden of showing that an error is harmful normally falls upon the party attacking the agency’s determination”
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Judges: Breyer, Souter, Stevens, Ginsburg
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