U.S. EX REL. EITEL v. REAGAN

No. Civ 97-169-TUC-WDB.

35 F.Supp.2d 1151 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Gary R. EITEL, Plaintiff, v. Roy D. REAGAN, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

December 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Michael Gerson, Epstein Becker & Green PC, Washington, DC, for Roy D. Reagan.

Gerald K. Smith, John P. Frank, Randall Papetti, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, Michael W. Carmel, Phoenix, AZ, Levi J. Smith, Ransom Blackman & Weil, Portland, OR, for T & G Aviation Inc., William W. Grantham.

Gerald K. Smith, John P. Frank, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, Levi J. Smith, Ransom Blackman & Weil, Portland, OR, for Sergio Tomassoni.

Gerald K. Smith, John P. Frank, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, Michael W. Carmel, Phoenix, AZ, Levi J. Smith Ransom Blackman & Weil, Portland, OR, for William W. Grantham.

Michael Richard Sullivan, Sullivan Law Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, Stephanie Lynne Buser, John Joseph Fausti, Law Offices of John J. Fausti, Washington, DC, for Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Inc.

Michael Richard Sullivan, Sullivan Law Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, for Gene A Powers, James A. Venable.

Michael Richard Sullivan, Sullivan Law Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, Shaun Hanson, Bolte Hanson & Hales, Temecula, CA, for Hemet Valley Flying Service.

Stanley Eugene Clark, Redmond, OR, Leonard Charles Herr, Dooley Herr & Williams, L.L.P., Visalia, CA, for TBM Incorporated.

Stanley Eugene Clark, Redmond, OR, for Henry C. Moore.

Michael W. Robinson, Venable Baetjar & Howard, McLean, VA, Vernon M Winters, Cooley Godward, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, David T Stitt, Phoenix, AZ, Maynard C. Craig, Michael Thomas Shepherd, Craig & Shepherd, Chico, CA, Ronald H. Hoevet, Hoevet & Snyder PC, Portland, OR, for Aero Union Corporation.

Michael W. Robinson, Venable Baetjar & Howard, McLean, VA, Michael Traynor, Vernon M Winters, Cooley Godward, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, David T Stitt, Phoenix, AZ, Maynard C. Craig, Michael Thomas Shepherd, Craig & Shepherd, Chico, CA, Ronald H. Hoevet, Hoevet & Snyder PC, Portland, OR, for Dale P. Newtown.

Jennifer Christine Guerin, United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ, Michael F. Hertz, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Stephen D. Altman, Carolyn G. Mark, Elizabeth Hack, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Neil J. Evans, U.S. Attorney's Office, Portland, OR, for United States of America.

Gerald K. Smith, John P. Frank, Randall Papetti, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, Michael W. Carmel, Phoenix, AZ, Levi J. Smith, Ransom Blackman & Weil, Portland, OR, for T & G Aviation Inc.


WILLIAM D. BROWNING, Senior District Judge.

Both the United States and the Defendants contend that Eitel does not have standing as a qui tam relator to represent the United States. Eitel's standing was raised as a defense by the United States in their response to Eitel's December 12, 1997 Motion for Summary Judgment on Supplemental Complaint and in their Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, as well as by the Defendants in their responses to Eitel's April 8, 1998...

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