U.S. v. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 13-31301.

775 F.3d 255 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS, INCORPORATED; Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C.; Halter Bollinger Joint Venture, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abby Christine Wright , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Arnold M. Auerhan , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Sharon Denise Smith, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scott Michael McCaleb , Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Washington, DC, C. Berwick Duval, II , Stanwood Robert Duval , Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery, Lovell & Watkins, Houma, LA, Andrew Gerald McBride, Esq. , Senior Litigation Attorney, Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Marcus Bedford Slater, Jr. , Slater & Zeien, L.L.P., Mark Bradley Sweet , Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Roderick L. Thomas , Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Jennifer Jean Zeien Slater & Zeien, L.L.P. Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


The United States of America appeals from the district court's final judgment in which the court granted the defendants-appellees' motion to dismiss its False Claims Act case under FED.R.CIV.P. 12(b)(6). We conclude that the United States alleged sufficient facts in its complaint to allow a factfinder to infer that...

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