Labatt ex rel. Labatt v. Durruty

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• awarding attorney’s fees for work done before the federal court even though the case was remanded on consent
• “Fee awards may be made under both the EAJA and §406(b), but the claimant’s attorney must refund to the claimant the amount of the smaller fee.”
• “Fee awards may be made under both the EAJA and § 406(b), but the claimant’s attorney must refund to the claimant the amount of the smaller fee.” (cleaned up)
• “[A] reduction in the agreed- upon contingency amount should not be made lightly, particularly given the importance of encouraging attorneys to accept social security cases on a contingency basis.”
• “[A] reduction in the agreed-upon contingency amount should not be made lightly, . . . particularly given the importance of encouraging attorneys to accept social security cases on a contingency basis.”
• “Fee awards may be made under both the EAJA and [section] 406(b), but the claimant’s attorney must refund to the claimant the amount of the smaller fee.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).