SWOTES v. GARDNER

No. 16747.

392 F.2d 428 (1968)

Alan J. SWOTES, Appellant, v. John W. GARDNER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1968.

As Amended March 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Swotes, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant in pro. per.

James Lightfoot, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Elias Magil, Rappeport & Magil, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sidney Schulman, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), amicus curiae.

Before BIGGS, McLAUGHLIN and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GERALD McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is an experienced Philadelphia lawyer, of deservedly excellent reputation. In 1964 he was engaged by Mrs. Ruth Thomas to represent her and her son, Darrell Thomas, in their Social Security claims for Mother's Insurance Benefits and Child's Insurance Benefits arising out of the death of her husband, John W. Thomas. At that stage, the claims originally and on reconsideration had been denied by...

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