Legal Opinion
Watford v. Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1985No. Nos. 84-7829, 84-7830PublishedCited by 275 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNNE, District Judge:
These consolidated appeals1 present a question of first impression in this Circuit concerning the interplay between the standards for an award of attorneys’ fees against the federal government as litigant under the Equal Access to Justice Ac(; (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and the limitations on the amount of contingent fees recoverable by the plaintiffs’ attorneys from their clients in a claim for past-due Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Because we find that the court below erred in utilizing 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1) as a ceiling on the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Wallis D. CORNELLA, Appellant, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary, Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Copper Liquor, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by275 opinions
- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Meyer v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Jackson v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Myers v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Turner v. Commissioner of Social SEC.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
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