Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Carter

Wars have often provided "exceptional opportunities" for fraud on the United States Government. See United States v. Smith, 342 U.S. 225 , 228, 72 S.Ct. 260 , 96 L.Ed. 252 (1952). "The False Claims Act was adopted in 1863 and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in order to combat rampant fraud in Civil War defense contracts." S.Rep. No. 99-345, p. 8(1986), 1986 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5266, 5273. Predecessors of the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act were enacted to address similar problems that arose during the First and Second World Wars. See Smith, supra, at 228-229, 72 S.Ct. 260 .

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