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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Jeter v. Astrue.

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1 Jeter v. Astrue Anchor
ca5 · 2010
green “district courts may consider the lodestar method in determining the reasonableness of a 406(b) fee, but the lodestar calculation alone cannot constitute the basis for an 'unreasonable' finding.” 16
2 Earleen Smith v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appeal of Deborah Spector and Ellyn Hershman
ca7 · 1987
green “a petition for fees under 406(b)(1) must be brought within a reasonable time.” 11

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