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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. EX REL. CONTRERAS v. FIRST STUDENT, INC.

No. A136986.

224 Cal.App.4th 627 (2014)

168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 832

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ex rel. MANUEL CONTRERAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FIRST STUDENT, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

March 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baron & Budd, Thomas M. Sims , Laura J. Baughman ; April M. Strauss ; Environmental Law Foundation and James Wheaton for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Martin Goyette , Assistant Attorney General, and Larry G. Raskin , Deputy Attorney General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Reed Smith , Jesse L. Miller , Dennis Peter Maio , James M. Neudecker and Matthew T. Peters for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SIMONS, J. —

California's False Claims Act (CFCA) (Gov. Code, § 12650 et seq.)1 permits the recovery of civil penalties and treble damages from any person who knowingly presents a false claim for payment to the state or a political subdivision. Qui tam2 plaintiffs William Padilla, Manuel Contreras, and the Environmental Law Foundation (plaintiffs) sued defendant First Student,...

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