Legal Opinion
United States of America, Ex Rel. Mary Hendow Julie Albertson v. University of Phoenix
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2006No. 04-16247PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Senior Circuit Judge:
The False Claims Act makes liable anyone who “knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement to get a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the Government.” 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(2). In this case, relators have raised allegations that the University of Phoenix knowingly made false statements, and caused false statements to be made, that resulted in the payment by the federal Department of Education of hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite this axiomatic fit between the operative statute and the allegations made, respondent…
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