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CULBERTSON v. BERRYHILL

No. 17-773.

139 S.Ct. 517 (2019)

Richard Allen CULBERTSON, Petitioner v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Ortiz, Esq. , Charlottesville, VA, for Petitioner.

Anthony Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Amy L. Weil, Esq. , Altanta, GA, Courtappointed amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Richard A. Culbertson , Sarah Fay, Culbertson Law Group, PLLC, Orlando, FL, Daniel R. Ortiz , University of Virginia, School of Law, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Charlottesville, VA, Mark T. Stancil , Matthew M. Madden , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Joshua S. Johnson , Matthew X. Etchemendy , John P. Elwood , Jeremy C. Marwell , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Charles W. Scarborough , Dennis Fan , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Federal law regulates the fees that attorneys may charge Social Security claimants for representation before the Social Security Administration and a reviewing court. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 406(a)-(b). The question in this case is whether the statutory scheme limits the aggregate amount of fees...

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