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HOUSTON v. SULLIVAN

No. 89-3756.

917 F.2d 194 (1990)

Rodell HOUSTON, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Courtney Wilson, Gertler, Gertler & Vincent, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Debra A. Smith, Baltimore, Md., John Volz, U.S. Atty., Gregory C. Weiss, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, GARWOOD, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

I.

In 1983 Rodell Houston, Sr., retained a New Orleans law firm to represent him in his claim for past-due social security benefits. Houston contracted for a contingency fee contract entitling counsel to 25 percent of any past-due benefits he received as a result of successful litigation of his claim. Houston's initial application for benefits was denied at all levels within the Social Security Administration, and by the district court. In 1988...

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