Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Wilkins v. North American Construction Corp.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided November 27, 2001No. CIV.A. H-95-5614PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
On June 13, 2000, this court issued a memorandum opinion and amended order in this case. See 101 F.Supp.2d 500 (S.D.Tex.2000). This court withdraws that memorandum opinion to clarify the basis for the discussion on materiality in a civil False Claims Act suit. This amended memorandum opinion is substituted in its place. The parts of the opinion that do not discuss materiality, and the outcome, remain the same.
In 1995, relator Patrick Wilkins, a former chief operating officer of a subcontractor to a drilling contract with the Army…
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