United States Eighth Circuit

Under the False Claims Act, a qui tam action is "based upon" a public disclosure whenever the allegations in the suit and the disclosure are the same, regardless of where the relator obtained the information.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2002
• Published 01/17/2002

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and LAUGHREY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David L. Stone, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, argued, for plaintiff-appellant., Sushma Soni, Justice Dept., Washington, DC, argued, Amicus Curiae U.S. appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Fraser, Minneapolis, MN, argued (John D. French, Jay D. Christiansen, Richard A. Duncan and Elizabeth H. Schmiesing, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.