United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiffs' whistleblower claim is affirmed where plaintiffs cannot show that defendant-employer knew that they engaged in conduct protected under the False Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/01/2005
• Published 07/01/2005

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before HOWARD, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph D. Whelan, with whom Kathleen A. Collins, and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary Jo Johnson, with whom James S. Goldman, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, were on brief, for appellee.