Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Local 342 Plumbers & Steamfitters v. Dan Caputo Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2003No. Nos. 01-17300, 02-15187PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge.
Dan Caputo Co., et al., (“Caputo”) and C.W. Roen Construction Co., et al., (“Roen”) were each sued in separate cases by, respectively, Local Union No. 342 and Local Union No. 38 of the Plumbers and Steamfitters (“the Union”) for failure to pay the prevailing wage rate as required by the Davis-Bacon Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(2) and the Copeland Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 276a and 276c. The suits were brought in the form of claims against Roen and Caputo under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729. In each case, the district court gave judgment for the contractor. The Union has…
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- United States of America, Ex Rel., and Local 342 Plumbers and Steamfitters Doyle Williams v. Dan Caputo Co. D.W. Nicholson Corp. Richard R. Rolla Alex Groswird Mary Cooper John Lewis Nicholson Florence L. Johnson, United States of America, Ex Rel., and Local No. 38 Plumbers and Steam-Fitters Lawrence J. Mazzola v. C.W. Roen Construction Bruce A. Roen Jeraldine C. BreaultCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003