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U.S. EX REL. FINE v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.

Nos. 93-15012, 93-15728.

39 F.3d 957 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel., Plaintiff, Harold R. FINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.; Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc.; and Williams Brothers Engineering Company, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America ex rel., Plaintiff, Harold R. FINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, and The Board of Regents of the University of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Nelkin, Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, Alan B. Exelrod, San Francisco, CA, for Fine, plaintiff-appellant.

Alson R. Kemp, Jr., and Michael F. Labianca, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, for Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., defendant-appellee.

Scott L. Gardner, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, CA, for Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc., defendant-appellee.

Weyman I. Lundquist and Stephanie M. Hinds, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, for Williams Bros. Engineering Co., defendant-appellee.

John B. Clark, William D. Hunter, and Patrick J. Martell, Pettit and Martin, San Francisco, CA, for the University of California and the Board of Regents of the University of California, defendants-appellees.

Glenn S. Kaplan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for U.S., plaintiff-amicus.

Before: CHOY, REINHARDT, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from orders entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction two qui tam actions brought under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., by Harold R. Fine. Fine filed one action on behalf of the United States against Chevron, Bechtel, and Williams Brothers to recover damages and penalties for alleged fraud in the execution...

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