Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Jamison v. McKesson Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2011No. 10-60376PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) deprives the district court of jurisdiction whenever qui tarn relators bring a suit based on publically available information. The district court held that it lacked jurisdiction. Because the relator’s action included no allegations specific to the defendants, but merely repeated a general description of fraud easily available in several government documents, we affirm.
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Thomas Jamison operates a Durable Medical Equipment (“DME” or “DME-POS”) business that provides enteral nutrition products to nursing…
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