Legal Opinion

United States ex rel. McKenzie v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 26, 1997No. 96-5268PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUSSELL, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MOORE, J., joined. NORRIS, J. (p. 945), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

RUSSELL, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Mary McKenzie, brought this qui tam action1 under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3733, for Bell-South Telecommunications, Inc.’s (“Bell-South”) allegedly fraudulent activities against the United States government. McKenzie also asserted a claim on her own behalf under the FCA’s whistleblower protection provision. The district court dismissed McKenzie’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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