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U.S. EX. REL. THOMPSON v. COLUMBIA/HCA

No. 96-40868.

125 F.3d 899 (1997)

UNITED STATES ex rel. James M. THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renea Hicks, George, Donaldson & Ford, Austin, TX, Edward A. Mallett, Houston, TX, John E. O'Neill, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce & Nickens, Houston, TX, Gerald M. Birnberg, Matt E. Rubin, Williams, Birnberg & Andersen, Houston, TX, David L. Perry, Patricia Shackelford, Perry & Haas, Corpus Christi, TX, Rene A. Haas, Corpus Christi, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul Pearce Dodson, Alan Clifton Gordon, White, Huseman, Pletcher and Powers, Corpus Christi, TX, Donald O. Colleluori, Monica L. Luebker, Ernest E. Figari, Jr., Figari & Davenport, Dallas, TX, Patric Hooper, Jonathan P. Neustadter, William Bradley Tully, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Scott S. Dahl, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Barbara C. Biddle, U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae U.S.

David Elliot Halperin, Washington, DC, for U.S. Representative Pete Stark, Amicus Curiae.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Relator, James M. Thompson, M.D., a physician in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas, brought this qui tam action pursuant to the federal False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., against defendants Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and certain affiliated entities (collectively, "Columbia/HCA") and Corpus Christi Bay Area Surgery, Ltd. The district court dismissed Thompson's complaint for failure...

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