Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Huangyan Import & Export Corp. v. Nature's Farm Products, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 3, 2005No. C-04-2068VRWPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WALKER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit by the United States (the qui tam relator has been dismissed) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 USC § 3729 et seq, and the common law against an importer of canned mushrooms and its affiliates. Following various settlements, only the importer, Nature’s Farm Products (NFP) and its officers (collectively, the “NFP defendants”) remain in this suit. The United States alleges that defendants conspired to and did evade customs duties on their imports by falsifying their products’ country of origin. The NFP defendants move pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(6) to…
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