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U.S. v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 14-17434.

855 F.3d 985 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, John C. Prather, Applicant-in-Intervention-Appellant, v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., FKA Sprint Nextel Corporation; Sprint PCS, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Balestriere (argued) and Jillian L. McNeil , Belstriere Fariello, New York, New York, for Applicant-in-Intervention-Appellant.

Kimberly Friday (argued) and Steven J. Saltiel , Assistant United States Attorneys; Alex G. Tse , Chief, Civil Division; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edward C. Barnidge (argued) and Benjamin M. Stoll , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; David F. Taylor , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and William K. Sessions III, District Judge.

OPINION

John C. Prather sought to intervene as of right in a False Claims Act ("FCA") suit brought by the United States ("Government") against Sprint Communications, Inc. ("Sprint"). Whether Prather had the significantly protectable interest required to support his motion to intervene depends on whether he would...

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