U.S. v. AMERICAN PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 93-56672.

58 F.3d 404 (1995)

UNITED STATES, ex rel., Plaintiff-Appellee, and Ara B. Papazian, and Nabil D. Hanna, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC., dba Paramount Citrus Association, fka Paramount Citrus Association; Mohammed Ali Karbalai; Elvin Wood, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hebert Hafif, Claremont, CA, and Phillip E. Benson, Newport Beach, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas N. Letter and Phillip A. Shaikun, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Ara Papazian and Nabil Hanna ("relators") appeal from the district court's dismissal of their qui tam complaint brought pursuant to the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. On appeal the relators argue that the district court erred by finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the suit because a settlement had previously been agreed to by the Department of Justice ("DoJ") and certain of the defendants. Because...

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