Legal Opinion
USA ex rel INTL. BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS V. THE FAIRFIELD CO.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 2020No. 5:09-cv-04230Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex : CIVIL ACTION rel. INTERNATIONAL : BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL : WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 98 : : v. : NO. 09-4230 : THE FARFIELD COMPANY : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. April 10, 2020 Congress authorizes federal courts to order parties violating the False Claims Act to pay the reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the citizen recovering funds for the United States. To root out false claims, Congress motivates competent private lawyers to recover for the government by forcing the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rode v. DellarcipreteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Martin O. Washington v. Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Martin WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
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