United States Ninth Circuit

A judgment on the merits of an False Claims Act (FCA) claim is a separate, final, and appealable decision even where the district court has retained jurisdiction over the collateral issue of allocating the FCA award between the United States and the relator.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/17/2008
• Decided 12/16/2008
• Published 12/16/2008

Judges

• HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  MYRON H. BRIGHT,STEPHEN S. TROTT, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. Clair (presented argument and authored brief), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellees., Eric Olson (presented argument) and John M. Gantus (authored brief), John M. Gantus & Associates, Glendale, CA, for the defendants-appellants.