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GRAHAM COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DIST. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. WILSON

No. 04-169.

545 U.S. 409 (2005)

GRAHAM COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General of North Carolina, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Roy Cooper, Attorney General, Grayson G. Kelley, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Jill B. Hickey, Special Deputy Attorney General.

Mark T. Hurt argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Brian S. McCoy.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Keisler, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, and Douglas N. Letter.*

THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which REHNQUIST, C. J., and O'CONNOR, SCALIA, and KENNEDY, JJ., joined, and in which SOUTER, J., joined as to all but n. 2. STEVENS, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 422. BREYER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, J., joined, p. 423.

JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.†

This case presents the question whether the 6-year statute of limitations in the False Claims Act (FCA or Act), see 31 U. S. C. § 3731(b)(1), governs FCA civil actions for retaliation, see § 3730(h). We hold that it does not and therefore conclude that the most closely analogous state limitations period applies.

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