United States Fifth Circuit
US v. ORLEANS PARISH SCH. BD., 99-30550, 99-30668
A local government entity such as the School Board is not a person subject to liability under the False Claims Act, 31 USC 3729, et seq.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/28/2001
- Published 03/28/2001
Judges
- W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and POGUE , Judge.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William Francis Wessel (argued), Wessel and Associates, Victoria Lennox Bartels, New Orleans, LA, for Garibaldi and Samuel., Sam A. LeBlanc, III (argued), Lawrence Lee McNamara, Robert N. Markle, Stefini Weckwerth Salles, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Orleans Parish School Board., Michael Eugene Robinson (argued), Douglas N. Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for United States, Amicus Curiae., Charlotte Ann Lagarde, New Orleans, La, for Samuel in 99-30668.