Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Sanders v. North American Bus Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 5, 2008No. 07-1773PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON and Senior Judge CACHERIS joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a qui tam action under the False Claims Act brought by Thornton G. Sanders against his former employer, North American Bus Industries, Inc. (“NABI”). Sanders alleges that NABI defrauded the United States by underpaying duties on bus frames that NABI imported from Hungary and by falsely certifying that the buses that NABI manufactured using those frames were eligible for federal “Buy America” subsidies. Sanders…
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