United States ex rel. Dick v. Long Island Lighting Co.

PIERCE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Herein, we examine the jurisdictional requirements of 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4) of the False Claims Act. We hold that the qui tam plaintiffs, W. Gordon Dick and John P. Daly, Jr., appellants, did not satisfy the statute’s jurisdictional requirements. Accordingly, we conclude that this suit was properly dismissed by the district court.

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This case arises out of the events discussed at length in County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co., 907 F.2d 1295 (2d Cir.1990). Familiarity with these events is assumed. We discuss herein only those additional aspects we believe…