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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law |
| Title: | SCARBOROUGH v. PRINCIPI |
| Date: | 05/03/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1657 |
| Summary: | A timely application for attorney's fees per 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d)may be amended after the 30-day filing period has run to cure an initial failure to allege that the Government's position in the underlying litigation lacked substantial justification. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Government Benefits |
| Title: | BARNHARDT v. THOMAS |
| Date: | 11/12/03 |
| Case Number: | 02–763 |
| Summary: | The Third Circuit is reversed where it unreasonably construed 42 U.S.C. section 423(d)(2)(A) to mean that the ability to perform prior work disqualifies from benefits only if it is substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy. |