Legal Opinion
United States v. Lazy Fc Ranch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1973No. 71-2318PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
The United States brought suit against the Lazy FC Ranch and four of its partners (the Ranch) under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 231 to recover money paid by making false claims. In the alternative the government sought to recover for money erroneously paid by mistake of fact or law under 28 U.S.C. § 1345. The district court, 324 F.Supp. 698, granted judgment for the Ranch on both claims. On appeal, the United States contests only the denial of its alternate claim for recovery of money erroneously paid.
The significant facts are not in dispute and the case was…
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