U.S. EX REL. TOTTEN v. BOMBARDIER CORP.

No. 01-7071.

286 F.3d 542 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Edward L. TOTTEN, Appellant, v. BOMBARDIER CORPORATION AND ENVIROVAC, INC., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Vincent McKnight Jr. argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Peter J. Vangsnes.

Thomas M. Bondy, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause as amicus curiae supporting appellant. With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard Jr., United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter, Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Colin C. Carriere, Counsel to the Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and D. Hamilton Peterson, Deputy Counsel to the Inspector General.

Mark R. Hellerer argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee Bombardier Corporation. Donald A. Carr entered an appearance.

Paul E. Lehner and Randall L. Mitchell were on the brief for appellee Envirovac, Inc. Barbara Van Gelder and Scott M. McCaleb entered appearances.

Before: EDWARDS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

Suspecting that his employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Amtrak") was being defrauded by two companies with whom it had contracted to supply new rail cars with improved toilet systems, Edward Totten brought an action against these companies under the False Claims...

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