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VELASQUEZ v. DIR. O.W.C.P., U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 86-1120.

844 F.2d 738 (1988)

Salomon VELASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey J. Bernstein, Atty. for the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and with him on the briefs, George R. Salem, Sol. of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., J. Michael O'Neill, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Thomas L. Holzman, Asst. Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Attys. for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C.

Ellen Pinnes, Santa Fe, N.M., for petitioner Salomon Velasquez.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the court on a petition for attorney's fees. Petitioner's attorney, Ellen Pinnes of Santa Fe, New Mexico, represented Petitioner Velasquez on an appeal before this court. Pinnes successfully argued that Velasquez was entitled to black lung disability benefits beginning in 1974 instead of 1978. (The court's opinion concerning that issue is reported at 835 F.2d 262.) Pinnes...

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