Legal Opinion
Trujillo v. Heckler
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided March 16, 1984No. 82-K-1505, 83-K-1689, 83-K-1687, 83-K-1187 and 83-K-1769PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANE, District Judge.
These cases are before me on plaintiffs’ motions for attorneys fees pursuant to the Equal Access To Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The lead case, Trujillo v. Heckler, is a class action brought to prevent the Secretary from terminating Title II or Title XVI social security benefits without first proving a medical improvement in the claimant’s condition or substantial error in the initial proceeding finding the claimant disabled. In September, 1983, I granted plaintiffs’ and denied the government’s cross motions for summary judgment. I held that the Secretary could not…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Benerethia McGill v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Paul W. Guthrie v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Juanita M. Patti v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Allen S. Berman v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Edward Brown v. Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Lawrence Keasler and Keasler Body Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- unempl.ins.rep. Cch 16,961 Jose F. Martinez v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Trujillo v. HecklerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1984
- Mager v. HecklerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1985
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