U.S. EX REL. MADDEN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

No. 92-56042.

4 F.3d 827 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Jason R. MADDEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Fenster, McKenna & Cuneo, San Francisco, CA, for appellant.

Linda R. MacLean, Law Offices of Herbert Hafif, Claremont, CA, for appellees.

Gary A. Feess and Dale H. Oliver, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae TRW Inc.

Paul L. Glenchur, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Hughes Aircraft Co. and Lockheed Corp.

Laurie A. Oberembt, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Northrop Corp. and Litton Industries, Inc.

Rex E. Lee, Sidley and Austin, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Aerospace Industries Ass'n of America.

Morgan J. Frankel, Asst. Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S. Senate.

John R. Phillips, Hall & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud.

Robert P. Parker, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Government Accountability Project.

Carolyn B. Kuhl, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae Electronic Industries Ass'n, Rockwell Intern. Corp. and Textron Inc.

Before: HALL, WIGGINS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought by present and former employees of General Dynamics ("Relators") under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3732. General Dynamics Corporation ("General Dynamics") challenges the district court's denial of its motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Three issues have been certified for appeal. The first is whether the qui...

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