Legal Opinion
Kopulos v. Barnhart
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 14, 2004No. 01 C 4881PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MORTON DENLOW, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case arises at the intersection of the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) and the Social Security Act (“SSA”). Caught at the crossroads of these two important pieces of legislation are those attorneys who sacrifice the greater monetary gains available in certain areas of the law in order to advocate on behalf of those less fortunate both in wealth and in health. The EAJA was amended in 1985 to prevent claimants’ attorneys from receiving a double recovery for the “same work.” Consequently, an attorney must refund…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
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