NATIONAL ASS'N OF RADIATION SURVIVORS v. DERWINSKI

No. C-83-1861-MHP.

782 F.Supp. 1392 (1992)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RADIATION SURVIVORS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward J. DERWINSKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

January 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Garrett, Gordon P. Erspamer, Michael F. Ram, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Robert H. King, Jr., William C. Morison-Knox, Sonnenchein Carlin Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, Cal., for Reason F. Warehime.

George C. Stoll, Asst. U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., San Francisco, Cal., Theodore C. Hirt, Gena E. Cadieux, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Richard A. Hertling, Thomas H. Peebles, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, D.C., Jack Nagan, Office of the Dist. Counsel of the V.A., San Francisco, Cal., Edward J. Luke, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel, Veterans Dept., Anne M. Gulyassy, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Charles Horsky, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Special Master.

Robert L. Gnaizda, Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for American G.I. Forum.


AMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

PATEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought this action to challenge the constitutionality of 38 U.S.C. §§ 3404 and 3405 (now codified as amended at 38 U.S.C. §§ 5904 and 5905), which limit the fee a veteran or veteran's survivor may pay to an attorney to assist him or her in prosecuting a claim before the Veterans Administration ("VA") to $10.00, and which impose criminal penalties on...

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