Legal Opinion

Patrick Breaux, Ssn: Sdw-Um-Wkqt v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 5, 1994No. 92-4947PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

After the district court remanded this case to the ALJ for further findings, it denied Breaux’s application for attorneys fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. This court affirmed in an unpublished opinion, finding the case controlled by Bertrand v. Sullivan, 976 F.2d 977, 979-80 (5th Cir.1992). Breaux v. Secretary, 1 F.3d 1237 (5th Cir.1993) (per curiam). The Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further proceedings in light of its later decision in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. John C. Bertrand v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  3. Church of Scientology Western United States v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Breaux v. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Breaux v. U.S. SecretaryhealthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993

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