Legal Opinion
August Bogina, III v. Medline Industries, Incorpora
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2016No. 15-1867PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the dismissal of a suit filed in 2011 under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., by a private individual named Bogina on behalf of the United States. He seeks a bounty for exposing fraud that the Medline Industries and the Tutera Group (and Tutera affiliates unnecessary to discuss), have allegedly perpetrated against both the federal government, see 31 U.S.C. § 3730, and several state governments on whose behalf Bogina is also suing (they are the “et al.” in the caption). He bases federal jurisdiction of the state claims on the…
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