United States Tenth Circuit

In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, alleging defendants knowingly presented false valuation of royalties owed for carbon dioxide production, summary judgment against plaintiff is affirmed where he failed to establish subject matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2004
• Published 11/16/2004

Judges

• O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, ANDERSON and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, John W. Suthers, United States Attorney, Douglas Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, and Peter R. Maier, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, filed a brief on behalf of Intervenor United States.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward A. Dauer (Michael S. Porter with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee Jack J. Grynberg., Mark D. Colley (Craig A. Holman with him on the briefs), of Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Praxair, Inc., Chris Edwards of Simpson, Keeler & Edwards, LLC, Cody, WY, for Defendant-Appellee Nielson & Associates, Inc.