Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Coughlin v. International Business MacHines Corp.
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided January 15, 1998No. 93-CV-1408PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUMÍ-DECISION and ORDER
MeAVOY, Chief Judge.
Following settlement of the instant action brought under the False Claims Act, Plaintiffs now move for an order unsealing Relators’ Memorandum in Opposition to the Proposed Settlement, an order pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d)(1) awarding the Relators a twenty-five percent share of the settlement, and an order awarding costs and attorneys’ fees.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff-Relator Robert Coughlin is a former receiving inspector at what was IBM’s manufacturing facility in Owego, New York. His original Complaint alleged that a prime government…
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