Legal Opinion
United States v. Schimmels (In re Schimmels)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1997No. 95-16937PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAGG, Senior District Judge:
On behalf of the United States of America, relators brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3731, against defendants, alleging fraud against the government. Relators received partial judgment against defendants who, in turn, filed for bankruptcy. Both relators and the government filed a Proof of Claim in the defendants’ bankruptcy ease and brought independent adversary proceedings therein concerning the dischargeability of the defendants’ False Claims Act debts. The bankruptcy court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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