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U.S. v. TRIPLE CANOPY, INC.

No. 13-2190, No. 13-2191.

857 F.3d 174 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor/Plaintiff-Appellant, and United States ex rel. Omar Badr, Plaintiff, v. TRIPLE CANOPY, INC., Defendant-Appellee. United States ex rel. Omar Badr, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Triple Canopy, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles W. Scarborough , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Earl N. Mayfield, III , DAY & JOHNS, PLLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellants. Tara Melissa Lee , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Michael S. Raab , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, Richard W. Sponseller , Peter S. Hyun , Gerard Mene , Christine Roushdy , Assistant United States Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant United States of America. Paul A. Prados , Milt C. Johns , Christopher M. Day , DAY & JOHNS, PLLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellant Omar Badr. Joseph C. Davis , Reston, Virginia; Paul D. Schmitt , DLA PIPER LLP (US), Washington, D.C.; Jonathan G. Cooper , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Shedd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Wynn joined.

On remand from the United States Supreme Court, we are asked to consider whether the Government stated a claim under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a) against Triple Canopy, Inc. Applying Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1989...

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