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U.S. EX REL. WILLIAMS v. NEC CORP.

No. 89-3973.

931 F.2d 1493 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, ex rel. Arthur P. WILLIAMS, Qui Tam, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEC CORPORATION f/k/a Nippon Electric Co., NEC Overseas Marketing Ltd. f/k/a NEC Overseas Market Development Co. Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Murphy, Melbourne, Fla., Coralyn G. Goode, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Edward S. Cowen, Gerald H. Werfel, Washington, D.C., for Williams.

Gregory O'Duden, Kerry L. Adams, Cary P. Sklar, David F. Klein, Washington, D.C., amicus: NTEU.

Kendell W. Wherry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., Joan E. Hartman, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether a government employee may file a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1988), based upon information acquired in the course of his government employment. Appellant Arthur P. Williams worked as an attorney for the United States Air Force. During the course of his employment with the government, Williams became aware of bidrigging on the part of a corporation...

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