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UNITED STATES v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 07-1474.

532 F.3d 496 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Snapp, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Dale Stamper, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Francis R. Ortiz, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: E. Powell Miller, David Fink, The Miller Law Firm, Rochester, Michigan, for Appellant. Francis R. Ortiz, Kenneth J. McIntyre, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court. SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 510-11), delivered a separate concurring opinion. COOK, J. (p. 511), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Relator SNAPP, Inc. brings this qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., claiming that Defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford") fraudulently induced the federal government to contract with Ford by inflating, in official reports to the government, the extent of Ford's dealings with small and minority-owned businesses. The district court...

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