United States Ninth Circuit

Under the False Claims Act, whistle-blower who obtained information from government source regarding competitor may not bring a FCA act against the competitor, even if the government investigation of competitor resulted from whistle-blower's disclosure of his employer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2001
• Published 07/05/2001

Judges

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

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, California and James A. Moody, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants., Stephanie R. Marcus, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. Sherman and Grant E. Kinsel, Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.