Legal Opinion
Rille v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 5, 2015No. 11-3514PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
As the Supreme Court has observed, “[t]he False Claims Act’s qui tarn provisions present many interpretive challenges.” Kellogg Brown & Root Servs., Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 1970, 1979, 191 L.Ed.2d 899 (2015). In this case, two private parties, called “relators,” brought an action in the name of the United States against several government contractors, alleging that the contractors defrauded the government. The United States, after investigating the case, elected to proceed with the action against several defendants in place of the…
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