Legal Opinion
United States v. John A. O'connell, Jr., Appeal of St. Augustine Trawler, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 6, 1989No. 89-1207PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant St. Augustine Trawlers, Inc. (SAT) from a summary judgment granted against it, John A. O’Connell and Jerry D. Thompson. A default judgment was entered against a fourth defendant, James H. Norton, Jr. The defendants were held liable under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, for defrauding the government of about $463,000. The district court held SAT responsible for the acts of its general manager and one third owner, Thompson. Only SAT has appealed. SAT does not deny that Thompson helped the other individual defendants…
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