# McLean v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · March 28, 1986 · 506 A.2d 1135

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9728137

## Case

- **Full name:** John B. McLEAN, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** March 28, 1986
- **Citations:** 506 A.2d 1135; 1986 D.C. App. LEXIS 305
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Pryor
- **Judges:** Pryor, Newman, Rogers
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9728137

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that “[cjredibility determinations are within the agency’s sphere of expertise, and such determinations are entitled to great weight”
- finding letter to be hearsay that merely restated hearsay and thus making it not corroborative

## Opinion text

PRYOR, Chief Judge,
dissenting:
I accept the majority opinion’s recitation of the evidence. As is acknowledged, there was sharp issue of credibility presented. Allowing the fact-finder to weigh and evaluate the direct evidence and surrounding circumstances, I conclude there was substantial evidence to support the Agency’s decision and therefore vote to affirm.

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