United States Supreme Court

In a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act brought by relator-former engineer against Rockwell arising from its operation of a nuclear weapons plant and improper toxic pond sludge disposal, a circuit court ruling in favor of the relator is reversed where the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter judgment in his favor as: 1) the False Claim Act's "original source" requirement is jurisdictional; and 2) the engineer did not meet the requirement that a relator have "direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based" for purposes of being an original source.

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• Decided 03/27/2007
• Published 03/27/2007

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• United States Supreme Court

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