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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits |
| Title: | GISBRECHT v. BARNHART |
| Date: | 05/28/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-131 |
| Summary: | 42 U.S.C. section 406(b)(1)(A), authorizing that an attorney representing a Social Security claimant receive 25 percent of "past-due" benefits awarded, does not displace contingent-fee agreements within the statutory ceiling, but instead instructs courts to review fees under those agreements for "reasonableness." |