CAUSE OF ACTION v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 15-1143.

815 F.3d 267 (2016)

CAUSE OF ACTION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, an Illinois municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Z. Epstein , Attorney, David Fischer , Attorney, Cause of Action, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rachel L. Kaplan , Attorney, Chicago Transit Authority Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Cause of Action, a nonprofit government watchdog organization, brought this action against the Chicago Transit Authority ("CTA") under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act ("FCA" or "Act"), 31 U.S.C. § 3730. Cause of Action alleged that, for several decades, the CTA had been misreporting fraudulently transit...

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