UNITED STATES v. LEVERING

Civ. A. No. 77-142.

455 F.Supp. 1165 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Francis A. LEVERING, Jr., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Joseph T. MURPHY and Francis N. Rowley, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., Alan J. Hoffman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Roger Edgar, Alexander Younger, and Paul A. Blaine, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Michael N. Castle, of Schnee & Castle, P. A., Wilmington, Del., for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Edward J. Wilson, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Murphy.

Leonard S. Togman and Daniel F. Lindley, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Rowley.


OPINION

STEEL, Senior District Judge:

The United States brought this civil action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 231-235 (1970) against defendant Francis A. Levering, Jr., ("Levering") to recover damages resulting from Levering's alleged fraudulent conduct toward the Federal Housing Authority ("FHA"). The complaint alleges that Levering bribed two employees of the FHA to obtain preferential...

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