Legal Opinion
United States v. Bornstein
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 19, 1976No. 74-712PublishedCited by 359 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The False Claims Act provides that the United States may recover from a person who presents a false claim or causes a false claim to be presented to it a forfeiture of $2,000 plus an amount equal to double the amount of damages that it sustains by reason of the false claim.1 This case presents two interpretative problems *306that arise when the United States sues a subcontractor under the Act on the ground that the subcontractor has caused the prime contractor to present false claims: First, *307how should the number of $2,000 forfeitures be counted? Second, when the United States has already…
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