UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., William St. John LACORTE
v.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
William St. John LaCorte, relator, Appellant in Nos. 97-1647, 97-1839, 97-1954 and 97-1955.
UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Jeffrey Scott CLAUSEN
v.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
Jeffrey Clausen, relator, Appellant in No. 97-1772.
UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Donald MILLER
v.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
Donald Miller, relator, Appellant in Nos. 97-1773, 97-1884 and 97-1953.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 4, 1998.
Decided July 23, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Normand F. Pizza (Argued), Nyda S. Brook, Christopher J. Shenfield, Brook, Pizza & Van Loon, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellant William St. John LaCorte.
Charles D. Hood, Jr. (Argued), Daytona Beach, Florida, for Appellant Donald Miller.
Andrew J. Logan (Argued), Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Carol S. Dew, Dew & Smith, LLC, Monroe, Georgia; Kirk W. Watkins, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant Jeffrey Clausen.
Marc S. Raspanti (Argued), David M. Laigaie, Tamara L. Traynor, Miller, Alfano & Raspanti, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee Robert J. Merena.
John E. Clark, Rand J. Riklin, Goode, Casseb & Jones, San Antonio, Texas, for Appellees Charles Robinson and Glenn Grossenbacher.
Peter W. Chatfield, Phillips & Cohen, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Kevin Spear, C. Jack Dowden and Berkley Community Law Center.
Thomas H. Lee, II (Argued), Frederick G. Herold, David J. Caputo, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Freddi Lipstein (Argued), Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the United States.
Before: SCIRICA, NYGAARD, and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to interpret for the first time 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5), a provision of the False Claims Act intended to prevent duplicative lawsuits. Jeffrey Clausen, William LaCorte and Donald Miller appeal from an order dismissing their False Claims Act suits under section 3730(b)(5) and denying them a share of the proceeds from a settlement based on similar claims alleged in pre-existent lawsuits...
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