United States of America, Ex Rel. James Pilon and Jill Pilon v. Martin Marietta Corporation and General Electric Company

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants (collectively “Defendants”) Martin Marietta Corporation (“Martin Marietta”) and General Electric Company (“G.E.”) appeal from a judgment entered November 7, 1994 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., Judge, that dismissed without prejudice the complaint of plaintiffs-appellees James Pilón and Jill Pilón brought primarily under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (the “Act”). Defendants contend that the Pilons’ complaint should have been dismissed with prejudice because of the…