United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District

Reversed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge ALLEN joined.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

A long and winding road has brought this False Claims Act (FCA) case to us on appeal a third time. After two trips to the Supreme Court, Relator Karen Wilson now appeals the district court’s dismissal of her qui tam action for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to the FCA’s public disclosure bar. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

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We need only briefly recount the factual and procedural history. Fuller accounts of each can be found in Graham Cnty. Soil &…