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U.S. v. CHATTANOOGA-HAMILTON COUNTY HOSP. AUTH.

No. 13-6645.

782 F.3d 260 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, et al., Plaintiffs, Robert Whipple, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHATTANOOGA-HAMILTON COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, dba Erlanger Medical Center, dba Erlanger Health System, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 25, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jamie M. Bennett , Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Landover, Maryland, for Appellant. Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jamie M. Bennett , Nathan M. Peak , Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Landover, Maryland, Brian J. Markovitz , Jay P. Holland , Meredith L. Schramm-Strosser , Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., Lynn M. Adam , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee. David J. Chizewer , Goldberg Kohn Ltd, Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: GUY, CLAY, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Robert Whipple, the relator in this qui tam action, appeals from the district court's determination that certain claims he brought under the federal False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1), were jurisdictionally barred under the FCA's public-disclosure bar, 31 U.S.C. §...

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