United States v. McNinch

This case was argued with Rainwater v. United States, ante, p. 590, also decided today. It involves three separate actions by the Government to recover damages and *596forfeitures under the False Claims Act.1 These actions— which will be referred to, after the principal defendant in each instance, as Cato, Toepleman and McNinch — were initially brought in different Federal District Courts but on appeal were disposed of by the Court of Appeals in a single opinion. 242 F. 2d 359.2

In Cato and Toepleman the District Court found the defendants had submitted false claims for crop support loans to the…