Legal Opinion

United States ex rel. Reagan v. East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 21, 2004No. 03-20376PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Sally A. Reagan filed this qui tarn lawsuit under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, holding that the suit was barred by the Act’s jurisdictional bar (31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(A)) and,- alternatively, that Reagan’s claims failed on the merits. Reagan appeals and we affirm.

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The University Park Hospital (“UPH”) facility is owned by the East Texas Medical Center (“ETMC”), a subsidiary of the East Texas Hospital Foundation (“East Texas”). The UPH facility was built in the early 1980s as…

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