Legal Opinion
Westbrook Navigator L.L.C. v. Navistar, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2014No. 12-10858PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
These appeals require us to examine a lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., against the backdrop of two bankruptcy proceedings. The district court concluded that John Dee Spicer, the bankruptcy trustee, had exclusive standing to assert the FCA claims at issue because those claims belonged to the bankruptcy estate. The district court later dismissed Spicer’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and denied Spicer’s subsequent motion for reconsideration. We agree with the district court that…
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