United States ex rel. Compton v. Midwest Specialties, Inc.

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Midwest Specialties, Inc., along with an affiliate and several of its officers and employees (collectively, “Midwest”), appeals a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the United States on claims that Midwest violated the False Claims Act by providing brake shoes for United States Army jeeps that did not conform to contractual testing requirements. We affirm.

I

In February 1986, Midwest entered into contract DAAE07-86-C-0755 to sell 31,516 jeep brake-shoe kits to the United States Army. The contract required that the brake shoes be…