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· 12/11/1978

William D. Cox v. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare

Citations

  • 587 F.2d 988
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 7176

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that counsel would have likely caught ALJ’s 3 misunderstanding of a doctor’s letter and the VE’s testimony
  • willingness to attempt rehabilitative activity is not probative of present ability to engage in such activity
  • finding the ALJ erred in 8 concluding from “at best ambiguous” evidence and making “no effort to . . . elaborate 9 further on that crucial question”
  • “He must be especially diligent in ensuring that favorable as well as unfavorable facts and circumstances are elicited.” (quotation omitted).
  • “It is incumbent on the Secretary to show”

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Judges: Browning, Wallace, Waters

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