LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari here to decide whether an attorney for a claimant in a workmen's compensation case may collect authorized counsel fees from the claimant's public employer even though the entire compensation award has been extinguished as a consequence of the availability of superior benefits from a governmental pension fund. In two companion cases presenting this issue, which are before us in one record, the Circuit...
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