United States Ninth Circuit

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), whistleblower in qui tam action must allege specific acts of fraud and cannot rely on the claim that defendant possesses all relevant facts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2001
• Published 04/02/2001

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, FLETCHER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas H. Tate and David T. Harney, Harney Law Offices, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant., Douglas N. Letter and Sushma Soni, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas H. Lee, II, Frederick G. Herold, and Matthew S. Miner, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wayne S. Flick, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.