Legal Opinion
In Re Prosecution of Crawley
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 20, 2009No. 09-SP-245PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
The Procurement Reform Amendment Act of 1998 (“the false claims statute”) provides that anyone who submits a false claim to the District of Columbia shall be imprisoned not more than a year and fined not more than $100,000 for each violation. D.C.Code § 2-308.21 (except as otherwise indicated, we refer to the 2001 edition of the Code). The false claims statute vests the responsibility to enforce violations of this statute with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“the OAG”). The court must decide whether this assignment of prosecutorial…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- New York Trust Co. v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Palmore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
17 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by15 opinions
- Bergman v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Smith v. Dist. of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
- Gates v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- PELOTE v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
- Council of the District of Columbia v. GrayDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.