Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Hafter v. Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1999No. 98-3209PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 — 3733 (“the Act”). These provisions allow private individuals to commence actions on behalf of the United States against persons who present false or fraudulent claims to the federal government. The Act also contains jurisdictional limits on those who may bring qui tam actions and it specifically bars all qui tam suits based upon publicly disclosed information unless the person bringing the action is an “original source” of the information. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(A). The primary issue…
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