United States Ninth Circuit

Under the False Claims Act, an allegedly fraudulent memo regarding a government contractor's claim with a third-party contractor may still be "directly related" to a government payment where government contractor would receive payment from the government based on independent contractor's actions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2001
• Decided 01/04/2002
• Published 01/04/2002

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph Andrews, Andrews & Hensleigh, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James A. Zapp and Elena R. Baca, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.