Legal Opinion
Thomas Brooks, Plaintiff/counterdefendant-Appellant v. United States of America, Defendant/counterplaintiff-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 1995No. 94-1570PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Thomas Brooks filed a suit in district court against the United States Department of Agriculture for judicial review of an administrative decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”) to disqualify Brooks from participating in the Federal Food Stamp Program for three years. 1 The United States filed counterclaims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and under a common law theory of unjust enrichment. After a bench trial, the district court upheld the three year disqualification imposed by the FNS and awarded the United States treble damages in the…
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