Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Merena v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 2000No. Nos. 98-1497, 98-1498, 98-1499PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, the United States challenges the District Court’s decision to award a group of qui tam relators approximately $52 million of the government’s settlement with defendant SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories of a variety of claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. For the reasons explained below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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A. In 1992, the United States began to suspect that SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories (“SKB”) and several other medical laboratories had adopted the following scheme that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States ex rel. LaCorte v. SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- United States v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGHCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Federal Recovery Services, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States of America Ex Rel. John Fallon v. Accudyne Corporation and Alliant Techsystems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States ex rel. Bayarsky v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by44 opinions
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