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U.S. v. JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

No. 04-55536.

457 F.3d 1009 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America; State of California, ex rel. Roman Zaretsky; Robert Yardley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.; Michael Mathes; Richard Beddie, Defendants-Appellees, and Michael Putich, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Goodman and Marc J. Schneider, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Brian W. McGrath and David W. Simon, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, and Susanne C. Washington, Foley & Lardner LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before CANBY, JR., NOONAN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

BERZON, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to interpret, once again, the statutory provisions relating to the "public disclosure" bar and the "original source" exception to that bar in the Federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and the California False Claims Act (CFCA), CAL. GOV'T CODE §§ 12650-12656. We hold that the federal and state statutes do not require that an individual report relevant information to the government prior...

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