U.S. EX REL. NEWSHAM v. LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO.

Nos. 97-16704, 98-15111.

190 F.3d 963 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Plaintiff, Margaret A. NEWSHAM; and Martin Overbeek Bloem, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 24, 1999.

Amended September 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy T. Saperstein, Morris J. Baller, Susan Guberman-Garcia, Jeremy Friedman, Christopher J. Keller, Law Offices of Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, Oakland, California, for the plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

James J. Gallagher, Martin H. Kresse, Robert S. Brewer, Jr., Barbara J. Bacon, Law Offices of McKenna & Cuneo, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-counter-claimant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: BETTY B. FLETCHER and A. WALLACE TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT J. BRYAN, District Judge.


OPINION

BRYAN, District Judge:

OVERVIEW

The appellants, Margaret A. Newsham and Martin Overbeek Bloem ("relators"), are qui tam plaintiffs under the False Claim Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The relators alleged that Appellee Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc. ("LMSC") submitted millions of dollars of false claims for excessive nonproductive labor hours on government projects. The relators appeal two of the district...

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