Court Opinion

ID: 9472689
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 04:07:24.603262+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:43:04.413327
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SETH, Chief Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the conclusion that the remand may be appealed, and in the standard of proof to be applied.
The remand here considered is not a remand for “further proceeding” or for “additional evidence” or in any way to complete or add to the record as are so many remands considered in the cited cases. This was a remand for the application to all the facts of a different rule of law. It is a final disposition of the entire case by the trial court on legal grounds. It is not a collateral order. It is an issue which the agency will not be able to otherwise appeal. See Cohen v. Perales, 412 F.2d 44 (5th Cir.1969). I would hold that the remand may be appealed as a final disposition or final judgment. I would also set aside the order or decision here sought to be reviewed.