United States Sixth Circuit

An amended complaint failed to set forth dates and names as to various False Claims Act violations, or any particulars as to the incidents of improper billing, but the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the complaint with prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/12/2003
• Decided 09/10/2003
• Published 09/10/2003

Judges

• Before MOORE and CLAY, Circuit Judges;  LAWSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael F. Hertz, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Div., Washington, DC, Steve Frank (argued and briefed), Douglas N. Letter (briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Charles J. Williams, Williams & Associates, Nashville, TN, H. Wayne Phears, Phears & Moldovan, Norcross, GA, Mike Bothwell (argued and briefed), G. Mark Simpson, Mike Bothwell, P.C., Roswell, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Waldman (argued and briefed), Richard A. Sauber, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, Steven A. Riley, John R. Jacobson (briefed), Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.