Watford v. Heckler

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1985-07-23

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LYNNE, District Judge: These consolidated appeals 1 present a question of first impression in this Circuit concerning the interplay between the standards for an award of attorneys’ fees against the federal government as litigant under the Equal Access to Justice Ac(; (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d), and the limitations on the amount of contingent fees recovera…

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