U.S. EX REL. KING v. HILLCREST HEALTH CENTER, INC.

No. 00-6158.

264 F.3d 1271 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. John A. KING, D.O., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HILLCREST HEALTH CENTER, INC., Harvey Drapkin, D.O.; John B. Hughes, D.O.; Richard J. Langerman, Sr., D.O.; Tom W. Ewing, D.O.; Anthony L. Cruse, D.O.; Raymond Dieter, D.O.; Mona Motz, D.O.; Glenn L. Smith, D.O.; and Joe Goldstein, D.O., Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Schenck (Weston C. Loegering, H. Esther Cochran of Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX; John C. McMurry, John N. Goodman, Oklahoma City, OK; Christopher L. Davis, on the briefs) of Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory M. Luce (Jesse A. Witten, Kathleen M. Laubenstein of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC; A. Scott Johnson, Mary Hanan, Nathan Lockhart of Johnson, Hanan and Heron, P.C., Rick L. Denker of Denker & Butler, PLLC, Randall K. Calvert, John N. Hermes, M. Richard Mullins of McAfee & Taft, Edward Goldman, Hilton H. Walters of Rife & Walters, Kevin Driskill of Driskill & Jones, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the brief) of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier (David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General; Daniel G. Webber, Jr., United States Attorney; Douglas N. Letter, Michael E. Robinson, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, with him on the brief) Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BRISCOE, MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and CROW, District Judge.


CROW, District Judge.

Relator John A. King, D.O. appeals the dismissal of this qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act ("Act"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The qui tam provisions of the Act permit private individuals to sue on behalf of the United States those persons or entities who allegedly have presented false or fraudulent claims to the federal government.1 As one of its jurisdictional hurdles, the Act...

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