DORMAN v. HARRIS

No. 262, Docket 80-6108.

633 F.2d 1035 (1980)

Roger E. DORMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia R. HARRIS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Braun, Neighborhood Legal Services, Buffalo, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard J. Arcara, U.S. Atty. for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, N.Y. (Jack S. Penca, Asst. U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges, NICKERSON, District Judge.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Fundamental tenets of administrative law and sound judicial administration require that courts show some measure of deference to an agency's findings of fact. Evaluations of witnesses' credibility and complex information are best performed by those who preside over the hearings or have special expertise in the particular subject matter.

Accordingly, judicial review is limited to determining whether an administrative decision...

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