PATRICK v. C.I.R.

No. 14-2190.

799 F.3d 885 (2015)

Craig PATRICK and Michele Patrick, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dashiell C. Shapiro , Attorney, Wood LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Richard Caldarone , Attorney, Richard Farber , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns the proper tax treatment of nearly $7 million that the government paid Craig Patrick for uncovering a Medicaid fraud scheme where the government paid in excess of $75 million in phony billings. Patrick and an associate filed a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act against Kyphon, Inc. alleging...

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