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NAT. SR. CITIZENS LAW CTR. v. SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 87-6285.

849 F.2d 401 (1988)

NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill Deford, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George H. Wu, Asst. U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before HUG, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We consider whether parties bringing an individual action against the government may, in their settlement agreement, effectively waive their right to recover attorney's fees.

Facts

This dispute is collateral to a 15-year old class action brought by the National Senior Citizens Law Center (the Law Center), a non-profit public interest organization representing elderly poor in a suit involving a pension plan. See Ponce v. Construction...

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