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U.S. v. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DIST.

No. 12-16082.

739 F.3d 598 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Ex rel. Michael LESINSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Rush , Christopher J. Rush & Associates, PA, Boynton Beach, FL, Kelley C. Hauser , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Christopher Macchiaroli , Anne Ruth Schultz , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Edward Nutt , SFWM District, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CARNES, Chief Judge, WILSON, Circuit Judge, and DALTON, District Judge.

DALTON, District Judge:

In 1863, Congress enacted the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, in response to the massive frauds perpetrated upon the U.S. Government by private contractors during the Civil War. See Vt. Agency of Natural Res. v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U.S. 765, 781, 120 S.Ct. 1858, 1867, 146 L.Ed.2d 836 (2000). The FCA is designed to protect the Government from fraud by imposing...

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