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

No. 02-3433.

317 F.3d 889 (2003)

UNITED STATES 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.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied: March 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mick G. Harrison, Jersey Shore, PA, for appellant.

John C. Martin, Mary Beth Bosco, Washington, DC, for appellee URS Consultants, Inc.

Steven Shults, Little Rock, AR, for appellees Morrison Knudsen Corp.

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

Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied: March 25, 2003.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal the district court's1 award of costs to the defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d). We affirm.

After entry of judgment for the defendants on the plaintiffs' False Claims Act (FCA) claims, the defendants moved for reimbursement of costs in the amount of $163,592.82. Due in part to the defendants' failure...

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