U.S. v. THE BOEING CO.

No. 14-3247.

825 F.3d 1138 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Taylor Smith; Jeannine Prewitt; James Ailes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BOEING COMPANY; Ducommun, Inc., f/k/a AHF-Ducommun, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed June 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don R. Sampen , Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, Illinois ( Edward M. Kay , Michael R. Grimm , Dean S. Rauchwerger , and Joseph J. Ferrini , Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, Corlin J. Pratt and Terry L. Unruh , Sherwood, Harper, Dakan, Unruh & Pratt, LC, Wichita, Kansas, and William J. Skepnek , The Skepnek Law Firm, P.A., Lawrence, Kansas, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eric B. Wolff , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington ( Steve Y. Koh and Paul Graves , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, Lyndon W. Vix , Stephen E. Robison , Ron Campbell , Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC, Wichita, Kansas, and James M. Armstrong and Jeffery A. Jordan , Foulston Siefkin, LLP, Wichita, Kansas, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before GORSUCH, MURPHY, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Three former employees of The Boeing Company, referred to as relators in this qui tam action, brought suit under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Boeing and one of its suppliers, Ducommun, Inc. The relators claimed Boeing falsely certified that several aircraft it sold to the government complied with all applicable Federal...

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