Legal Opinion
Sidney E. Dawson v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1970No. 28364_1PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Dawson, an attorney, brought this action seeking an allowance by the District Court of an attorney’s fee for his representation of a claimant for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 416(i) and 423(a). The District Court denied Dawson’s claim, concluding that 42 U.S. C.A. § 406 limits an attorney’s total fee allowance to twenty-five percent of the past due benefits recovered by the claimant regardless of the fact that the attorney represented the claimant before both the Secretary and the District Court. Since the Secretary had…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- William Alvin Conner v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Britton v. GardnerDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Elery Erigen Brown v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by77 opinions
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