Legal Opinion
Trahan v. Regan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 18, 1985No. Civ. A. 82-3004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GASCH, District Judge.
Currently before the Court is plaintiffs’ application for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs. For the reasons stated below, plaintiffs are awarded $25,743.75 in fees and $80 in costs.
I. THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This case concerns a notice mailed by the Department of Health and Human Services to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. The mailings asked approximately four million SSI recipients to sign a consent form allowing the Social Security Administration to obtain confidential tax information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The forms…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Joseph Trichilo v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Sandoval v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1996
- Center for Science in the Public Interest v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Ava P. Trahan v. Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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