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U.S. EX REL. KING v. SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 16-20259 c/w No. 16-20509.

871 F.3d 318 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, State of Illinois, State of California, State of Florida, State of Tennessee, State of Texas, State of Massachusetts, State of Delaware, State of Nevada, State of Louisiana, State of Hawaii, District of Columbia, State of Virginia, State of Georgia, State of Indiana, State of Michigan, State of Montana, State of New Hampshire, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of Oklahoma, State of Rhode Island, State of Wisconsin, EX REL, John KING; Tammy Drummond, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Androphy, Esq. , Zenobia Harris Bivens , Sarah Mary Frazier , Janis Gaynell Gorton , Berg & Androphy, Jeffery T. Nobles , Deans & Lyons, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants John King and Tammy Drummond.

Jessica Lynn Ellsworth , Jonathan Lee Diesenhaus , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Bruce Davidson Oakley , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Thomas Schmidt , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

John King and Tammy Drummond (collectively, "Relators") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on their False Claims Act ("FCA") claims and a subsequent ruling that partly granted court costs to Solvay. For the reasons explained below, we AFFIRM.

I. Background

Relators are both...

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