Legal Opinion
United States of America, Ex Rel. Richard Williams v. Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 18, 2005No. 03-7079PublishedCited by 282 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
In this case, a qui tam relator alleges that his former employer and one of its subcontractors violated the False Claims Act. The relator also alleges that by suspending and ultimately firing him, the employer violated the statute’s protections for whistleblowers. The district court dismissed both claims — the false claims count for failure (among other things) to plead fraud with the particularity required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), and the whistleblower count pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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