Walters v. National Association of Radiation Survivors

Congress capped attorney's fees at $10 in VA disability benefits proceedings, designed to be informal, non-adversarial fact-finding hearings resolved favorably to claimants where possible; veterans and advocacy groups (defendants) challenged the cap as unconstitutionally denying them meaningful legal representation, and the district court granted a preliminary injunction after finding several claimants had been turned down by attorneys specifically because of the fee restriction. The government (plaintiff) appealed to the Supreme Court.