Legal Opinion
Whitt v. Califano
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1979No. Nos. 77-2322, 77-2388, 77-2390, 77-2392 and 78-1172PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] from the allowance by the district court of attorneys’ fees to claimants’ attorneys in *161five black lung cases.1 Because the objections of the Secretary to the allowance in all the cases are similar, the cases were consolidated on appeal. We remand for further proceedings.
The Secretary urges that it is manifest the district judge in making the awards in the cases improperly gave consideration to and granted compensation, in part, for work done by claimants’ counsel in administrative proceedings and that, if the time spent…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mckittrick v. GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
3Cited by21 opinions
- Kathleen L. Morris v. Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Brissette v. HecklerDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1985
- Mary T. Guido v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- E.L. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Kemp v. SchweikerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
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