Legal Opinion
Paul A. Blackburn v. Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor Metric Constructors, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1996No. 95-1166PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge K.K. HALL wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge BUTZNER joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Paul A. Blackburn seeks review of the Secretary of Labor’s final decision that denied attorney’s fees for the prosecution of a prior appeal to this court. We vacate the Secretary’s decision and remand for reconsideration of Blackburn’s fee petition.
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Metric Constructors, Inc., was an independent contractor that performed construction work at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina. Blackburn, an…
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