Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 25, 2008No. 06-55822, 06-55954, 06-56284PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge FRIEDMAN; Dissent by Judge B. FLETCHER.
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:
We decide each of these three appeals, which were argued together, in a single opinion. In these cases, lawyers who successfully represented social security claimants under contingent-fee contracts challenge the sufficiency of the fees the United States District Court for the Central District of California awarded for the services they performed in the judicial phase of the cases. The lawyers contend that in setting their fees the district court failed to follow the methodology the Supreme Court prescribed in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gisbrecht v. BarnhartSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Plas M. Allen v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Gisbrecht v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
3Cited by2 opinions
- Cantrell v. AstrueDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2009
- Crawford v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008