Kovach v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
1985
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. of Phila. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. · Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. · Ursic v. Bethlehem Mines · United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Cunningham v. City of McKeesport
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“Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this sub-chapter who was represented before the Court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due benefits to which the claimant is entitled by reason of such judgment____”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tomallo v. Heckler
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