United States Ex Rel. DRC, Inc. v. Custer Battles, LLC

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This qui tarn False Claims Act (FCA) 1 case involves allegations that defendants submitted tens of millions of dollars in false claims to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), the agency established in Iraq in 2003 to administer and rebuild Iraq during the transition from the overthrown Hussein regime to the new democratic government of Iraq. The novel, threshold question presented is whether the FCA applies to claims submitted to the CPA.

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Relator DRC, Inc. (DRC) is an Alabama corporation with its principal place of busi ness in Mobile, Alabama.…