Legal Opinion
Reynaldo Tongol, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. William J. Usery, Jr., Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1979No. 77-2291, 77-3351PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
These appeals raise questions concerning the validity of a federal regulation, 20 C.F.R. § 618.15, prohibiting states from waiving recoupment of overpayments in Federal Supplemental Benefits provided under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 (“the Act”), P.L. 93-572, 88 Stat. 1869, and the availability of attorneys’ fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, for plaintiffs who successfully challenged the regulation. The district court held that the regulation barring waiver of recoupment was unenforceable in…
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