TONGOL v. USERY

Nos. 77-2291, 77-3351.

601 F.2d 1091 (1979)

Reynaldo TONGOL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. William J. USERY, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. McGivern, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard M. Pearl, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Asher Rubin, William T. McGivern, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard M. Pearl, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HUFSTEDLER and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, District Judge.


HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals raise questions concerning the validity of a federal regulation, 20 C.F.R. § 618.15, prohibiting states from waiving recoupment of overpayments in Federal Supplemental Benefits provided under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 ("the Act"), P.L. 93-572, 88 Stat. 1869, and the availability of attorneys' fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, for plaintiffs...

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