United States Tenth Circuit

In a qui tam action alleging fraud by Defendant in billing the government, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff released her claims, and the federal interests served by enforcing releases signed after disclosure to the federal government outweigh the interests served by not enforcing them.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2009
• Published 03/06/2009

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, EBEL, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor A. Kubli, Grayson & Kubli, P.C., Vienna, VA (Alan M. Grayson and Melissa A. Roover, Grayson & Kubli, P.C., McClean and Vienna, VA, on the briefs), for Appellant., Henry C. Whitaker, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.;  Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney, Denver, CO;  Michael S. Raab, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J. Meagher, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Denver, CO (Sandra B. Wick Mulvany, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Denver, CO;  and Jennette C. Roberts, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Los Angeles, CA, with him on the briefs), for Appellees.