Action for mandamus and declaratory relief under the APA regarding SSA rules for payment of attorney fees to representation of claimants for benefits under Section 206 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 406).
Implementation of Court of Appeals decision that SSA rules 1) barring payments to attorneys whose fees were
not approved before their move to government employment & 2) barring direct fee payments from past-due benefits to law firms on behalf of their salaried associates were both arbitrary under the APA