U.S. EX REL. HARMAN v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.

No. 15-41172.

872 F.3d 645 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL., Joshua HARMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.; Trinity Highway Products LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Carpinello , Albany, NY, Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Esq. , New York, NY, Christopher Molloy Green , Armonk, NY, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James C. Ho, Esq. , Bradley G. Hubbard , Rebekah Ricketts , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Nina Cortell , Jeremy Daniel Kernodle , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Robert Salcido , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Elizabeth Marie Dulong Scott , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


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