United States Sixth Circuit

A High-Value Items Clause, set forth in 48 C.F.R. section 52.246-24, and incorporated into a helicopter contract between the U.S. and an aircraft manufacturer, did not operate as a defense to damages sought by the government, for loss of the craft, under the False Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2002
• Published 09/12/2002

Judges

• Before MERRITT, BOGGS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Douglas N. Letter (argued and briefed), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Alicia J. Bentley (briefed), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, James B. Helmer, Jr. (argued and briefed), Frederick M. Morgan, Jr. (briefed), Helmer, Martins & Morgan Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Carl S. Rauh (briefed), Amy R. Sabrin (argued and briefed), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel E. Izenson (briefed), Keating, Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., Cincinnati, OH, for for Defendant-Appellant.