Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Landis v. Tailwind Sports Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 22, 2018No. Case No. 10-cv-976 (CRC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
This ruling marks the finish line of a lawsuit brought by Floyd Landis and the federal government to recover money paid by the U.S. Postal Service to sponsor a professional cycling team featuring Lance Armstrong. In 2010, Landis filed suit under the False Claims Act alleging that Armstrong and a host of associates had defrauded the Postal Service by misrepresenting and concealing the team's use of performance enhancing drugs. The United States intervened in the case in early 2013. After more than five years of active litigation, the original…
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