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U.S. EX REL. CHANDLER v. COOK COUNTY, ILL.

Nos. 00-4110, 01-1810.

277 F.3d 969 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Janet CHANDLER, Ph.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner (argued), Marni Willenson, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Ronald L. Futterman, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Donna M. Lach (argued), Richard A. Devine, Sanjay T. Tailor, Office of State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Douglas Letter (argued), Michael S. Raab, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Scott R. Lassar, Office of U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Chicago, IL, for U.S. Amicus Curiae.

Brain S. Koukoutchos, Mandeville, LA, for Taxpayers Against Fraud, False Claims Act Legal Center, Amicus Curiae.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Janet Chandler, Ph.D., brought this qui tam action as relator on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., to recover funds that allegedly were obtained fraudulently by defendants Hektoen Institute for Medical Research ("Hektoen") and Cook County, Illinois, in the administration of a drug treatment program. The district court dismissed the suit against Cook County, holding that...

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