Legal Opinion
United States v. Stewart Clinical Laboratory, Inc., Edward Morris Jorgensen and James Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1981No. 80-1539PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Edward Jorgensen, James Stewart and Stewart Clinical Laboratory appeal their convictions by a jury for offering free medical laboratory services in exchange for referring government-paid medical laboratory work, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1396h(b)(2)(A). We reverse the convictions.
Jorgensen and Stewart are the owners and operators of Stewart Clinical Laboratory, Inc. Dr. Donald Dorr, the administrator of a medical clinic, agreed to cooperate with a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe of Medi-Cal1 fraud by arranging a meeting with Jorgensen, ostensibly to discuss the…
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