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Gisbrecht Vs. Barnhart

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 28, 2002

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  1. Burlington Vs. Dague US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1992
  2. Stanton Vs. Embrey US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1876
  3. Hensley Vs. Eckerhart US Supreme Court · May 16, 1983
  4. Blum Vs. Stenson US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1984
  5. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. Vs. Shute US Supreme Court · Apr 17, 1991
  6. Circuit City Stores, Inc. Vs. Adams US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 2001
  7. U.S. 789 (2002) October Term, 2001 Syllabus Gisbrecht Et Al. V. Barnhart
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  8. See Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  9. g) implicitly authorized such fees. See Bowen v. Galbreath
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  10. U. S. 74 , 75-76 (1988) (citing Celebrezze v. Sparks
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  11. citing Folsom v. McDonald
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  12. from Sandine's. Following Circuit precedent, see Allen v. Shalala
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  13. CA9 1995), the District Court in each case declined to give effect to the attorney-client fee agreement. Gisbrecht v. Apfel
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  14. Miller v. Apfel
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  15. Sandine v. Apfel
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  16. Appeals for the Ninth Circuit consolidated the cases 7 and affirmed the District Court's fee dispositions. Gisbrecht v. Apfel
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  17. Id., at 1198 (quoting Kerr v. Screen
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  18. b). For convenience, we nonetheless refer to claimants as petitioners. See Hopkins v. Cohen
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  19. she plays a part in the fee determination resembling that of a trustee for the claimants. See, e. g., Lewis v. Secretary
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  20. of Health and Human Servs., 707 F.2d 246 , 248 (CA61983). 7 A fourth case, Anderson v. Apfel
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  21. F. 3d, at 1199 (quoting Widrig v. Apfel
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  22. b). Compare Coup v. Heckler
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  23. Craig v. Secretary
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  24. Brown v. Sullivan
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  25. Cotter v. Bowen
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  26. Hubbard v. Shalala
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  27. and Kay v. Apfel
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  28. F.3d 1322 (CAll 1999) (all following, in accord with the Ninth Circuit, a lodestar method), with Wells v. Sullivan
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  29. Rodriguez v. Bowen
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  30. and McGuire v. Sullivan
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  31. F. 2d, at 69-70 (citing Johnson v. Georgia
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  32. Highway Express, Inc., 488 9 Cf. Ramos Colon v. Secretary
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  33. or the contingent-fee method, recognized by this Court in Stanton v. Embrey
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  34. ed.), courts should consider not only the number of hours devoted to a case but also 11 other factors. Johnson v. Georgia
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  35. The lodestar method did not gain a firm foothold until the mid-1970's, see Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. of Philadelphia v. American
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  36. F.2d 102 (1976), and achieved dominance in the federal courts only after this Court's decisions in Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  37. U. S. 424 (1983), Blum v. Stenson
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  38. U. S. 886 (1984), and Pennsylvania v. Delaware
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  39. attorney for the prevailing party from gaining additional fees, pursuant to contract, from his own client. See Venegas v. Mitchell
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  40. between the contracting parties, Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
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  41. U. S. 585 , 598 (1991) (STEVENS, J., dissenting). See also Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams
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  42. Lewis v. Secretary
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  43. to the fair value of the work actually performed, which we have held is best reflected by the lodestar.1 See Hensley v. Eckerhart
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  44. in the law courts was thought to be less of a sporting enterprise, contingent fees were unlawful. See, e. g., Butler v. Legro
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  45. the lodestar method to other fee statutes enacted before the method was developed. See, e. g., Bur lington v. Dague
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  46. Syllabus Gisbrecht Et Al. V. Barnhart
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  47. See Bowen v. Galbreath
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  48. Celebrezze v. Sparks
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  49. Folsom v. McDonald
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  50. Allen v. Shalala
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