United States Federal Circuit

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act section 300aa-15(e)(3) does not preclude an attorney from charging a fee for litigating an appeal of a decision of the Court of Federal Claims dismissing a claim for Vaccine Act compensation for want of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2004
• Published 02/11/2004

Judges

• CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge., Before CLEVENGER, RADER and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter H. Meyers, The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics, of Washington, DC, argued for petitioners-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark W. Rogers, Acting Deputy Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and John Lodge Euler, Deputy Director.