Barko v. Halliburton Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF'COLUMBIA ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ex rel. HARRY BARKO ) ) Plaintiff-Relator, ) ) v. ) Civil Case No. 05-1276 ) HALLI_BURTON COMPANY e_t al., ) ) Defendants`. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION After more than a` decade of litigation, twelve opinions by three different district judges, and two writs of mandamus from the Court of Appeals, this Court grant`ed summary judgment for defendants in this qui tam suit, rejecting Barko’s claim that government contractor KBR (a Halliburton subsidiary) engaged in improper procurement practices. A few weeks later,…