Legal Opinion
Cook County v. United States Ex Rel. Chandler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 10, 2003No. 01-1572PublishedCited by 266 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
In Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U. S. 765 (2000), we held that States are not “persons” subject to qui tam actions under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U. S. C. §§ 3729-3733. Here, the question is whether local governments are amenable to such suits, and we hold that they are.
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Stevens, supra, at 768-770, explains in some detail how the FCA currently provides for civil penalties against “[a]ny person” who (so far as it concerns us here) “knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, to an officer or employee of the United States Government... a…
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