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U.S. EX REL. LUJAN v. HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 00-55328.

243 F.3d 1181 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Linda A. LUJAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel I. Davidson, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mark R. Troy, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Amy M. Wilken, Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center, Washington, D.C., for the amicus.

Mark R. Troy, James J. Gallagher, Michael R. Rizzo and Kevin J. Slattum, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: EDWARD LEAVY, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2001 — Pasadena, California

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

The False Claims Act (FCA) permits, in certain circumstances, suits by private parties on behalf of the United States against anyone submitting a false claim to the government. In 1986, Congress amended the FCA to include § 3730(b)(5), which provides that "[w]hen a person brings a [qui tam action], no person other than the Government may intervene or bring a...

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