Sizemore v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Any individual, after any final decision of the secretary made after a hearing to which he was a party, irrespective of the amount in controversy, may obtain a review of such decision by a civil action commenced within sixty days after the mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such further time as the Secretary may allow____ As part of his answer the Secretary shall file a certified copy of the transcript of the record including the evidence upon which the findings and decision complained of are based. The court shall have power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Secretary, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing____ The court may, on motion of the secretary made for good cause shown before he files his answer, remand the case to the Secretary for further action by the Secretary, and it may at any time order additional evidence to be taken before the Secretary, but only upon a showing that there is new evidence which is material and that there is good cause for the failure to incorporate such evidence into the record in a prior proceeding____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 668 F. Supp. 669 - Cruz v. Bowen

2. “By bringing these claims to federal court, claimants like plaintiff have not only redressed their own situations, but helped prompt Congress to pass the Social Security Disability Benefits Act of 1984 which expressly mandates application of the standard which courts previously merely inferred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Whiting v. Bowen