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GOTCHES v. HECKLER

No. 84-1748.

782 F.2d 765 (1986)

Penelope GOTCHES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

January 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail C. Ginsberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Gregory McHugh, Prairie State Legal Services, Rock Island, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

On August 30, 1985, this Court decided that plaintiffs' counsel should be awarded fees earned up through May 24, 1982 (the date when the Railroad Retirement Board agreed to grant increased benefits to plaintiff) and remanded the case to the District Court to determine the amount.

Our decision was based upon 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A)1 providing for...

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