UNITED STATES v. BRESSLER

No. 135, Docket 20437.

160 F.2d 403 (1947)

UNITED STATES ex rel. WEINSTEIN et al. v. BRESSLER et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 20, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess G. Schiffmann, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lester S. Jayson, Sp. Atty., of New York City, Joseph M. Friedman, Chief, War Frauds Civil Section, and J. Gregory Bruce, Atty., Dept. of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., and John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City, on the brief), for the United States.

Louis Waldman, of New York City (Samuel Duker, of New York City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

In United States ex rel. Brensilber v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 2 Cir., 131 F.2d 545, affirmed by an equally divided court, 320 U.S. 711, 64 S.Ct. 187, 88 L.Ed. 417, we decided that fraud must be proved to sustain a recovery by an informer under the Informer's Act, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-235, for conspiracy to secure payment of a false claim. United States ex rel. Marcus v. Hess, 317...

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