United States Seventh Circuit
US v. COOK COUNTY, 00-4110, 01-1810
A municipality may be sued under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. sec. 3729 et seq., as a "person."
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/22/2002
- Published 01/22/2002
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Judson H. Miner (submitted), Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 00-4110., Douglas Letter, Michael S. Raab, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America in No. 00-4110., Brian S. Koukoutchos, Mandeville, LA, for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center in No. 00-4110., Scott Lassar, Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, Michael S. Raab, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States in No. 01-1810.
- For Appellees:
- Donna M. Lach, Sanjay T. Tailor, Office of the State's Atty. of Cook Cty., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 00-4110., Marni Willenson, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Ronald L. Futterman, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 01-1810., Richard A. Devine, Sanjay T. Tailor, Office of the State's Atty. of Cook Cty., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 01-1810.