Legal Opinion
Riley v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1999No. 97-20948PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Joyce Riley appeals the dismissal, for want of jurisdiction, of her action for damages under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. While we conclude, based on intervening circuit caselaw, that the district court did have jurisdiction, we also determine that Riley may not maintain her suit, for the provisions of the FCA under which she sued violate the Take Care Clause of Article II of the Constitution. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal.*
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Riley, a former nurse in the heart transplant unit of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (“St. Luke’s”), sued…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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