U.S. EX REL. BECKER v. WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH

No. 01-2452.

305 F.3d 284 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Martin BECKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Steven Simmons, Simmons & Griffin, L.L.C., Columbia, South Carolina; Stuart F. Pierson, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jeffrey Stuart Patterson, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Henry Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, Carrigg & Potterfield, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Daniel J. Westbrook, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and BEEZER, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge BEEZER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ and Judge KING joined.

OPINION

BEEZER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Martin Becker brought this suit under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. Becker alleges that Westinghouse Savannah River Company ("Westinghouse") spent government funds for an unauthorized purpose and created false records to conceal the disbursement. Becker appeals...

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