U.S. EX REL. DRC, INC. v. CUSTER BATTLES, LLC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Douglas Neal Letter, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States of America, Amicus Supporting Appellants; Alan Mark Grayson, Grayson & Kubli, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Appellants. Barbara Van Gelder, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Robert Thomas Rhoad, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Victor A. Kubli, Grayson & Kubli, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Appellants. Salvatore A. Romano, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees Custer Battles, LLC, Secure Global Distribution, a resident of Lebanon, Middle East Leasing, a Cayman Islands entity, Custer Battles Levant, a Lebanese entity, Scott Custer, County of Fairfax, Virginia, and Michael Battles, State of Rhode Island; Andrew M. Miller, Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee Joseph Morris. Daniel Schumack, Schumack Ryals, P.L.L.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Taxpayers for Common Sense, Amicus Supporting Appellants. James W. Moorman, Joseph E.B. White, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Washington, D.C., for Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Amicus Supporting Appellants. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. McIntosh, Attorney, Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for the United States of America, Amicus Supporting Appellants.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge DUNCAN joined.