Legal Opinion
United States v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1999No. Nos. 97-16704, 98-15111PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYAN, District Judge:
OVERVIEW
The appellants, Margaret A. Newsham and Martin Overbeek Bloem (“relators”), are qui tam plaintiffs under the False Claim Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The relators alleged that Appellee Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc. (“LMSC”) submitted millions of dollars of false claims for excessive nonproductive labor hours on government projects. The relators appeal two of the district court’s rulings: (1) dismissal of their claims because the court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the pre-1986 FCA, and (2) refusal to award…
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