Redden v. Celebrezze

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

In Lambert v. Celebrezze, 4 Cir., 361 F.2d 677, and Redden v. Celebrezze, 4 Cir., 361 F.2d 815, we held that the maximum fee allowable to the attorney for the claimant of disability benefits under the Social Security Act was twenty-five per cent of the accrued benefits payable to the claimant and his dependents by reason of the Court’s judgment. In petitions for rehearing, the Secretary urges that we revise our holding to limit the fee base to accrued benefits held to be payable to the claimant on his own behalf. The matter has received the consideration of the entire…