Legal Opinion
Robert J. Norbeck, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2000No. 99-2205, 99-2403PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Robert J. Norbeck was Chief Auditor at Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) until an administrative reorganization in 1992 which moved him to a position with less responsibility. In January 1993 he was terminated after he wrote a letter demanding reinstatement to his former position and alluding to concerns about the billing of costs under one of Basin’s federal contracts. Two years later Norbeck sued Basin under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. (1994) (the Act), for defrauding the federal government 1 and in this case for terminating him in retaliation…
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