Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Snapp, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 9, 2008No. 19-3435PublishedCited by 191 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClay, J.

SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 510-11), delivered a separate concurring opinion. COOK, J. (p. 511), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Relator SNAPP, Inc. brings this qui tarn action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., claiming that Defendant Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) fraudulently induced the federal government to contract with Ford by inflating, in official reports to the government, the extent of Ford’s dealings with small and minority-owned businesses. The district court dismissed Relator’s complaint for failure to…

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