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U.S. EX REL. RAFIZADEH v. CONTINENTAL COMMON, INC.

No. 06-30702.

553 F.3d 869 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Schumann RAFIZADEH, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL COMMON, INC.; Basic Property Management; Regis Property Management; Transcontinental Realty, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toby C. Easley, Matthews & Easley, Houston, TX, Cecilia Herrero Ducloux (argued), Bohn & Ducloux, Houston, TX, for Rafizadeh.

Mitchell Madden (argued), Thomas Viggers Murto, III, MaddenSewell, Dallas, TX, James M. Garner, Joshua Simon Force, Sher Garner Cahill, Richter Kelin & Hilbert, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Steve I. Frank (argued), Douglas N. Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Schumann Rafizadeh sued under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a), alleging that the defendant property owners and managers (collectively "Continental") overcharged two Louisiana departments on lease agreements.1 Both sides appeal, and we affirm.

I.

The Louisiana Departments of Social Services ("DSS") and Health and Hospitals ("DHH") (collectively the "Departments") maintain...

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