Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 4, 2009No. 06-55822, 06-55954, 06-56284PublishedCited by 1,008 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge CLIFTON; Dissent by Judge BEA.
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
We review three consolidated appeals that present one overarching issue: Did the district court follow the mandate of Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 122 S. Ct. 1817, 152 L.Ed.2d 996 (2002), in determining the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded to lawyers who successfully represented Social Security disability insurance (“SSDI”) claimants in federal court under contingent-fee contracts? 1 We hold in each case that it did not. We vacate the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Dale Wells, William Hlywa v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appeal of John S. HoggCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Moreno v. City of SacramentoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
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