U.S. v. DOWTY WOODVILLE POLYMER, LTD.

Nos. 280, 519, Dockets 96-6089(L), 96-6093.

110 F.3d 861 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America ex. rel. Jeffrey THISTLETHWAITE and Jeffrey Thistlethwaite, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOWTY WOODVILLE POLYMER, LIMITED, Richard Walker, and Michael W. Thompson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan A. Willens, Assistant United States Attorney, New York City (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Gideon A. Schor, Steven M. Haber, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York City, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant United States.

Thomas E. Engel, New York City (James G. McCarney, Engel & McCarney, New York City, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant Thistlethwaite.

Donald B. Ayer, Washington, D.C. (Eric Grant, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., Linda Imes, Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe, New York City, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KEARSE, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs United States of America, et al., appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Louis L. Stanton, Judge, dismissing their amended complaint ("complaint") against defendants Dowty Woodville Polymer, Limited ("Dowty"), et al., for recovery principally under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1994) ("FCA" or the "Act"). The district court ruled...

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