U.S. EX REL. BARRICK v. PARKER-MIGLIORINI INT'L

No. 16-4136.

878 F.3d 1224 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America EX REL. Brandon BARRICK, Plaintiff/Relator-Appellant, v. PARKER-MIGLIORINI INTERNATIONAL, LLC; Parker International, Inc., also known as PMI Foods-USA; Cottonwood Trading, LLC; Fortuna Foods, LLC, John and Jane Does 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed December 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Marie Taliaferro ( James C. Bradshaw and Mark R. Moffat , Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, L.L.P., and Robert B. Cummings , The Salt Lake Lawyers, Salt Lake City, Utah, with her on the briefs), Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat, L.L.P., Salt Lake City, Utah, for Appellant.

Mark R. Gaylord ( Tesia N. Stanley and Tyler M. Hawkins with him on the brief), Ballard Spahr LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, EBEL, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


Brandon Barrick brought this action under the False Claims Act on behalf of the United States, alleging his former employer Parker-Migliorini International (PMI) illegally smuggled beef into Japan and China. At the time of the scheme, China banned all imports of U.S. beef, and Japan

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