United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act is affirmed where the claims are jurisdictionally barred since plaintiff was not the original source of the information underlying her claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/21/2004
• Published 09/21/2004

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Robert Craddock (argued), Barnett & Craddock, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier (argued), Michael S. Raab, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.-App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce W. Bowman, Jr. (argued), Julia Fields Pendery, Eric Gordon Walraven, Godwin Gruber, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.