Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Gadbois v. PharMerica Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 2015No. 14-2164PPublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this qui tam action, the district court dismissed the claims of the relator, Robert Gadbois, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. While his appeal of that order was pending, subsequent events coalesced to dissolve the jurisdictional impediment to the relator’s action. He responded to this development by broadening his appeal to include the possibility of supplementing his pleadings. We conclude, as a matter of first impression in this court, that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(d) is available to cure most kinds of defects in subject matter jurisdiction. For…
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