Legal Opinion
United States v. Rule Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 22, 1989No. 88-1797PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to a contract with the General Services Administration (“GSA”), defendant Rule Industries, Inc. (“Rule”) supplied the United States government with hack saw blades. Rule had certified in the contract that the hacksaw blades were “domestic end products” for purposes of the Buy American Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 10a-10c (1982 & Supp. V 1987) and the regulations implementing the Act, 48 C.F.R. pt. 25.1 (1987). Alleging this certification was false, the government brought this action for penalties under the False Claims Act, 81 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (Supp. V…
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