United States Third Circuit

There is no False Claims Act liability for a failure to reimburse Medicaid for recycled medications based on a lack of legal authority requiring Medicaid-provider pharmacies to credit Medicaid when a medication is returned for resale.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/16/2003
• Decided 09/01/2004
• Published 09/01/2004

Judges

• ROTH, Circuit Judge., Before ROTH, McKEE and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harvey S. Mars, (Argued), Leibowitz & Mars, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harry R. Silver, (Argued), Patton Boggs, Washington, DC, James A. Robertson, Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy, Liberty Corner, NJ, Peter S. Pearlman, Jessica V. Henry, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ, E. John Steren, Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver, Washington, DC, for Appellees.