United States Sixth Circuit

In an action on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act, plaintiffs' suit should be dismissed where the claims in the action were previously disclosed and trigger the public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2005
• Published 04/06/2005

Judges

• Before:  COLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  COHN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Patrick F. McCartan, Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.  Gerald J. Rapien, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Patrick F. McCartan, Stephen G. Sozio, Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, Jesse A. Witten, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Virginia C. Whitman, Law Office of Virginia Conlan Whitman, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas M. Parker, Parker, Leiby, Hanna & Rasnick, LLC, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant.  Gerald J. Rapien, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jason M. Cohen, Joseph M. Callow, Jr., Keating, Muething & Klekamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.  Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.