COSTNER v. URS CONSULTANTS, INC.

No. 97-4310.

153 F.3d 667 (1998)

Pat COSTNER, United States ex rel.; Sharon Golgan; Carolyn Lance; Debra Litchfield; Becky Summers; Kenny Brown; Edward Campbell; Don Daniel; Jeffrey Foot; Clifton Garry; David Hermanson; Michael Shelton; Arkansas Peace Center; Vietnam Veterans of America, Arkansas State Council, Inc., Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. URS CONSULTANTS, INC.; Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Defendants/Appellants, MRK Inclineration, Inc.; Defendant, Vertac Site Contractors, Defendants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Bosco, Washington, DC, argued (Charles R. Nestrud and Michael T. Jackson, Little Rock, AR, and John Martin, Washignton, DC, on the brief), for URS Consultants, Inc.

Charles Nestrud, Little Rock, AR, argued, for Vertac Site and Morrison Knudsen Corp.

Mick G. Harrison, Berea, KY, argued (Gregory Ferguson, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for Pat Costner.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and DOTY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 30, 1998.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a qui tam action brought on behalf of the United States by relators2 pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1983 & Supp.1998). The complaint alleges that URS Consultants, Inc., Morrison Knudsen Corporation, and Vertac Site Contractors engaged in a pattern of knowingly submitting...

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