Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Sequoia Orange Co. v. Baird-Neece Packing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1998No. 96-15024PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
This is a qui tam case under the False Claims Act (FCA). One citrus company seeks damages from other citrus companies, claiming that they made false statements to the government in connection with a citrus marketing program. The government intervened several years after the litigation began and sought dismissal under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(2)(A) because it had decided to abandon the entire marketing program. The case must be seen against the background of a war in the citrus industry related to the administration of that program. The district court granted the…
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