U.S. EX REL. BERGE v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIV. OF ALA.

No. 95-2811.

104 F.3d 1453 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Pamela A. BERGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, and United States of America, Intervenor, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; Robert F. Pass, Professor of Pediatrics; Sergio B. Stagno, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Charles A. Alford, Professor of Pediatrics; Karen B. Fowler, Defendants-Appellants. American Council on Education; The American Association of State Colleges & Universities; The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; American Association of Community Colleges; Council of Graduate Schools; The Regents of the University of Minnesota; The University of Texas System; The University of Colorado; The Regents of the University of California; The Regents of the University of Michigan; Association of American Medical Colleges; Eugene Dong, M.D., J.D.; Robert L. Sprague, M.D., Ph. D.; Jeffrey F. Williams, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Ph.D.; Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Allen Bradford, Jr., Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants. David Jonathan Fine, Dangel, Donlan & Fine, L.L.P., Boston, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Michael Eugene Robinson, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. ON BRIEF: Barbara F. Mishkin, Sarah E. Mitchell, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants. Edward T. Dangel, III, Alexander T. Bok, Dangel, Donlan & Fine, L.L.P., Boston, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Richard O. Duvall, John Thorpe Richards, Jr., Holland & Knight, Washington, D.C.; Sheldon Elliot Steinbach, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae American Council, et al. Mark B. Rotenberg, General Counsel, Mark A. Bohnhorst, Office of the General Counsel, Minneapolis, MN; Elsa K. Cole, General Counsel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; James E. Holst, General Counsel, John F. Lundberg, Christopher M. Patti, University of California, Oakland, CA; Charles V. Sweet, University Counsel, Daniel J. Wilkerson, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, Ray Farabee, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel, Dudley R. Dobie, Jr., Office of the General Counsel, The University of Texas, Austin, TX; C. Peter McGrath, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. Robert A. Burgoyne, Cristina C. Chou, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Joseph A. Keyes, Jr., Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Association. Eugene Dong, Palo Alto, CA, for Amici Curiae Dong, et al. Priscilla R. Budeiri, Gary W. Thompson, Lisa R. Hovelson, Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Legal Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers.

Before ERVIN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Reversed by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Senior Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants appeal from a denial of their motion for judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict awarding the United States, after trebling and the imposition of a civil penalty, $1.66 million, 30% of which ($498,000) is to be awarded to Relator-Appellee Pamela A. Berge (Berge), on...

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