MARSTELLER v. TILTON

No. 16-11997.

880 F.3d 1302 (2018)

Philip MARSTELLER, for the use and benefit of the United States of America, Robert Swisher, for the use and benefit of the United States of America, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lynn TILTON, Patriarch Partners, LLC, MD Helicopters, Inc., Norbert Vergez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Eugene Benson , Warren-Benson Law Group, MINNETONKA, MN, Lisa Rosano , Phillip Paul Weidner & Associates, ANCHORAGE, AK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christopher Nicholas Manning , Alexis A. Lien , Edward Charles Reddington , Kristin Ann Shapiro , U.S. House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel, WASHINGTON, DC, Anthony Aaron Joseph , Ralph Harrison Smith, III , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, BIRMINGHAM, AL, for Defendants-Appellees LYNN TILTON, PATRIARCH PARTNERS, LLC, MD HELICOPTERS, INC.

Anne M. Chapman , Lee Stein , Anna H. Finn , Mitchell Stein Carey, PC, PHOENIX, AZ, Stephanie Fleischman Cherny , SCOTTSDALE, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee NORBERT VERGEZ.

Benjamin M. Shultz , U.S. Attorney General's Office, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JORDAN, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Relators Philip Marsteller and Robert Swisher brought this action against their former employer, MD Helicopters ("MD"), and codefendants Patriarch Partners ("Patriarch"), Lynn Tilton, and Colonel Norbert Vergez, under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act ("FCA" or...

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