UNITED STATES v. EKELMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Nos. 75-1123, 75-1124.

532 F.2d 545 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. EKELMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Ekelman & Associates, Inc., et al., Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U. S. Atty., Fred M. Mester, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Alexander Younger, Dept. of Justice, Fraud Section-Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., William Kanter, David M. Cohen, Appellate Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bernard J. Fieger, Fieger, Golden & Cousens, Southfield, Mich., Morris Weller, Weller, Summer & Summer, Detroit, Mich., Sidney E. Pollick, Bonk, Pollick & Wartell, Southfield, Mich., N. C. Deday LaRene, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, MILLER, Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The United States instituted this action in district court against the defendants seeking double damages and forfeitures under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 231 et seq. Generally, the complaint alleges that the defendants had fraudulently procured the guarantee by the Veterans Administration ("VA") of a number of loans made to veterans pursuant to Title III of the Servicemen...

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