Legal Opinion

Elery Erigen Brown v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 7, 1967No. 11354_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

We affirm the District Court’s allowance of an attorney’s fee in this Social Security case upon the assumption that it included, and was not entirely in addition to, a fee previously allowed by the Secretary and upon the lawyer’s disclaimer of any right to collect both.

After an administrative denial of a claim for disability benefits, a proceeding was brought in the District Court, which concluded in an acceptance of the Secretary’s findings and conclusions. An appeal was taken to this Court, and we directed a remand of the ease to the Secretary. Brown v. Celebrezze, 4…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. William Alvin Conner v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  2. Ethelle B. Robinson v. John W. Gardner, Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  3. Elery Erigen Brown v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McGraw v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
  2. Glendal B. Webb v. Elliot L. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
  3. Sidney E. Dawson v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Barnard v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1981

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