United States Fifth Circuit

Owners of an apartment project were entitled to housing assistance payments sought under section 8 of the Housing Act, and thus their claims at issue could not be false under the False Claims Act as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2003
• Published 04/01/2003

Judges

• REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Koppel,Douglas N. Letter (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.-App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant., William Bradley Tully, John Robert Hellow, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Los Angeles, CA, for Federation of American Hospitals, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan W. Perry (argued), Roland M. Slover, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.