Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1990No. Nos. 89-2834, 89-2842, 89-2904, 90-2260PublishedCited by 547 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants, prevailing parties in actions brought against the Secretary of Health and Human Services challenging denials of Social Security disability benefits, made applications for awards of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA). At issue in these consolidated appeals is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying appellants’ counsel attorney’s fees of more than $75 per hour to reflect an increase in the cost of living under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(A)(ii). In each case, cost-of-living enhancements were…
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