Legal Opinion
Randolph McCarthy Jr. v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (85-1401), State of Michigan, Department of Social Services, Vanburen County (85-1402)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1986No. 85-1401, 85-1402PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, an attorney who represented two claimants in successful claims for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-83, brought this action challenging the procedure by which the Secretary paid the past due benefits. On appeal, we are asked to decide whether a district court has the authority to order the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withhold attorney fees from an SSI claimant’s past due benefits and pay the fees directly to the claimant’s attorney. For the reasons that follow, we hold…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Glendal B. Webb v. Elliot L. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare v. Grady L. SparksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Morris Chernock v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Albert Copaken and Sylvia Copaken v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Marguerite B. Reid v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Bowen v. GalbreathSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Jack E. COUP, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Dale Buchanan v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Nazaria Rodriguez v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Leila HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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