Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Weekly Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 28, 1944No. 381PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is a qui tam action brought by the relator Rodriguez on November 18, 1943, for himself and the United States under the informer statute (Revised Statutes, §§ 3490-3493, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-234) to recover $2,606,000 and statutory penalties, counsel fees and costs. The action is founded upon the claim that the defendants cheated the Post Office Department out of $1,303,000 by obtaining mailing rates for their publications which yielded that much less than the proper amount through false representations made to the Department. On December 23, 1943, Congress…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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