Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Laird v. Lockheed Martin Engineering & Science Services Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 24, 2003No. 02-40504PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
James Mayfield brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (2000). On a motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded that (1) Mayfield was barred by the doctrine of res judicata from bringing the majority of his claims against Lockheed, and (2) the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the “public disclosure” provisions of the False Claims Act to consider the rest of Mayfield’s claims against Lockheed.
In determining that Mayfield did not qualify as an “original source” of the information publicly disclosed in his prior…
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