Tobias J. COTTER, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States, Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1989-07-12

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LARSON, Senior District Judge. The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to apply a multiplier to “enhance” an attorney’s fee award under section 206(b)(1) of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 406 (b)(1). Section 406 is a…

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