Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 16, 1984No. 83-2136PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This is a case about a $12,500 legal fee awarded by the district court under the “common fund doctrine.” Puerto Rico v. Heckler, Civ. No. 82-2695 (D.D.C. May 18 & Aug. 26, 1983). It is “a second major litigation,” see Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 1941, 76 L.Ed. 2d 40 (1983), a hard-fought contest following on the heels of a judgment requiring the payment of certain federal health planning grant funds to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and five other jurisdictions (American Samoa, Guam,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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