UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
John L. Doyle, III, M.D.; Mariann Doyle, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HEALTH POSSIBILITIES, P.S.C.; Urgent Treatment Centers of Kentucky, Inc.; Barry Burchett, M.D.; John Langefeld, M.D.; John Does, sued as unknown persons; Physicians of UTC, P.S.C., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued January 27, 2000.
Decided March 22, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas Lee Gentry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lexington, KY, Mark B. Stern (briefed), Matthew M. Collette (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant United States of America.
Thomas Lee Gentry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lexington, KY, Thomas W. Miller (argued and briefed), Miller, Griffin & Marks, Lexington, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellees John L. Doyle, III, M.D., and Mariann Doyle.
Stephen L. Barker (briefed), Douglas L. McSwain (briefed), Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Maloney, Lexington, KY, for Defendant-Appellee Health Possibilities, P.S.C.
Richard F. O'Malley, Jr. (argued and briefed), Peter J. Tarsney, Constantine L. Trala, Jr., Sidney & Austin, Chicago, IL, Margaret Pisacano, Stites & Harbison, Lexington, KY, for Defendants-Appellees Urgent Treatment Centers of Kentucky, Inc., Barry Burchett, M.D. and John Langefeld, M.D.
Douglas L. McSwain, Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Maloney, for Defendant-Appellee John Does.
Hiram Ely, III (briefed), Vickie Yates Brown, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellee Physicians of UTC, P.S.C.
Before: JONES, NORRIS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Raising an issue of first impression in this circuit, this case requires that we determine whether the Attorney General's consent is required before a private plaintiff may settle or otherwise dismiss an action under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(1). The district court concluded that the consent provisions of the FCA apply only to attempts to dismiss qui...
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