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U.S. EX REL. O'KEEFE v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. 97-2261.

132 F.3d 1252 (1998)

The UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Daniel G. O'KEEFE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. The Conference of Chief Justices, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued (John C. Hoyle, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert F. Scoular, Los Angeles, CA, argued (Stephen H. Rovak, Roger K. Heidenreich, Alan M. Posner, Veryl L. Riddle, Thomas C. Walsh, Charles A. Weiss, and David J. Massa, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HANSEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The United States of America appeals the district court's1 protective order preventing government attorneys from engaging in ex parte communications with current employees of the defendant, McDonnell Douglas Corporation (McDonnell Douglas). The government also appeals restrictions placed upon its investigation of former employees. We affirm.

I.

This action arose as a qui tam action brought by Daniel...

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