Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Hunt v. Cochise Consultancy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 11, 2018No. 16-12836PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
*1083 Relator Billy Joe Hunt filed a qui tam action alleging that his employer The Parsons Corporation and another entity, Cochise Consultancy, Inc., violated the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 - 33, by submitting to the United States false or fraudulent claims for payment. Hunt filed his action more than six years after the alleged fraud occurred but within three years of when he disclosed the fraud to the government. In this appeal, we are called upon to decide whether Hunt's FCA claim is time barred. To answer this question, we must construe the FCA's…
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