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· 6/10/1991

Melkonyan v. Sullivan

Citations

  • 501 U.S. 89
  • 111 S. Ct. 2157
  • 115 L. Ed. 2d 78
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3322

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a district court may not use inherent power to remand in a disability benefits case
  • holding that a court may remand the case after passing on its merits and issuing a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the Commissioner’s decision
  • holding that a district court may not use inherent power to remand in a disability benefits case
  • recognizing that Congress created two methods of remand under § 405(g), a sentence four and a sentence six remand
  • holding that a sentence four remand is a final judgment that terminates the civil action
  • holding that under the EAJA a judgment is no longer appealable once the time for filing an appeal has lapsed

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Judges: O'Connor

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