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ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY v. U.S. BANK

No. 15-3654.

816 F.3d 428 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY, INC., Relator-Appellant, v. U.S. BANK, N.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 14, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel Aguilar , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. Sasha Samberg-Champion , Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Andrew W. Schilling , Buckleysandler LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sasha Samberg-Champion , Stephen M. Dane , Michael G. Allen , Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, Washington, D.C., Aneel L. Chablani , George A. Thomas , Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant. Andrew W. Schilling , John B. Williams III , Matthew E. Newman , Buckleysandler LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee. Michael S. Raab , Joshua Waldman , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: MERRITT, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Suing on behalf of the United States, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality ("ABLE" for short) contends that U.S. Bank violated the False Claims Act when it requested federally backed insurance payments after several borrowers defaulted on their loans. To state a qui tam claim, a plaintiff must show that...

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