U.S. EX REL. COSTNER v. U.S.

No. 01-3764.

317 F.3d 883 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Pat COSTNER; Sharon Golgan; Carolyn Lance; Debra Litchfield; Becky Summers; Kenny Brown; Edward Campbell; Don Daniel; Jeffrey Foot; David Hermanson; Arkansas Peace Center; Vietnam Veterans of America, Arkansas State Council, Inc., Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Movant, URS Consultants, Inc.; Morrison Knudsen Corporation; MRK Incineration, Inc.; Vertac Site Contractors, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mick G. Harrison, argued, KY Environmental Foundation, Berea, KY, for appellant.

Charles R. Nestrud, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee Vertac.

Mary E. Bosco, argued, Washington, DC, for appellee URS.

Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a qui tam action brought on behalf of the United States by the plaintiffs as relators pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The complaint alleges that URS Consultants, Inc. (URS), Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK), MRK Incineration, Inc. (MRK), and Vertac Site Contractors (VSC) conspired to submit false claims for payment under a government contract for the treatment and disposal of hazardous...

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