Legal Opinion
Riley v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1999No. 97-20948PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
We took this case en banc to reconsider the issue of whether the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), which permits private citizens, or relators, to pursue actions for fraudulent claims in the name of the federal government, violate the constitutional separation of powers doctrine under the Take Care and Appointments Clauses of Article II. Because we find no such unconstitutional intrusion, we reverse and remand to the district court.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Joyce Riley (“Riley”), a former nurse at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (“St.…
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