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U.S. v. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CORP.

No. 95-56660.

104 F.3d 276 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Appellee, Roland Gibeault; Inge Maudal; Greg K. Hafif, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CORP.; Gould, Inc.; PSI Tronix, Inc.; Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy Eldridge, Douglas N. Letter, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

Roland Gibeault, Costa Mesa, CA, plaintiff-appellant pro se.

Inge Maudal, Simi Valley, CA, plaintiff-appellant pro se.

Greg K. Hafif, Law Offices of Herbert Hafif, Claremont, CA, plaintiff-appellant pro se.

William McD Miller, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Texas Instruments Corp., Gould, Inc., PSI Tronix, Inc. and Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp.

Before: CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, KOZINSKI and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

The False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et. seq., authorizes a private suit against a party that has defrauded the United States. If the suit is successful, the government and the plaintiff (or "relator," in the language of the Act) divide the proceeds. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d). Such suits are known as qui tam actions, from the Latin qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se imposo sequitur, meaning "he who brings the action...

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