Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Totten v. Bombardier Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 16, 2002No. 01-7071PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
*544EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
Suspecting that his employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) was being defrauded by two companies with whom it had contracted to supply new rail cars with improved toilet systems, Edward Totten brought an action against these companies under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1994). The District Court dismissed his suit, holding that, pursuant to a recent amendment to Amtrak’s governing statute, the FCA could not be invoked…
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