United States ex rel. LaCorte v. SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1998-07-23

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OPINION OF THE COURT NYGAARD, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires us to interpret for the first time 31 .U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5), a provision of the False Claims Act intended to prevent duplicative lawsuits. Jeffrey Clausen, William LaCorte and Donald Miller appeal from an order dismissing their False Claims Act suits under section 3730(b)(5) and denying them a share of the proceeds from a settlement based on…

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