Legal Opinion
Jones v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided December 28, 1993No. Nos. 90-58, 90-312PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Chief Judge, filed the opinion of the Court.
KRAMER, Judge, filed a concurring opinion.
STEINBERG, Judge, filed a dissenting opinion.
NEBEKER, Chief Judge:
These consolidated motions, seeking attorney fees and expenses, require the resolution of whether a recent amendment to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C.A. § 2412 (West Supp.1993), applies to legal services performed in cases decided on their merits before the date of the amendment. In resolving this issue, we are quite mindful of the competing policy pressures favoring availability of counsel to veterans seeking to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Stillwell v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- McArthur Jones, Claimant-Appellant, and Martin M. Karnas, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Felton v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- Cook v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- March v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
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