Legal Opinion
Grynberg v. Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2004No. 02-8108PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Relator Jack Grynberg brought this qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleging that the defendants fraudulently measured its natural gas production and thereby underpaid royalties they owed to the United States. The district court dismissed Grynberg’s suit pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5), the False Claims Act’s so-called “first-to-file bar,” which prohibits private relators from bringing a related action based on the facts underlying a pending qui tam case. We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
Defendants (collectively “Koch”) are in the business of oil and natural gas…
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