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U.S. v. STEPHENS INSTITUTE

No. 17-15111.

901 F.3d 1124 (2018)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Scott Rose; Mary Aquino; Mitchell Nelson; Lucy Stearns, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STEPHENS INSTITUTE, dba Academy of Art University, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Gombos (argued), Jacob C. Shorter , and Gerald M. Ritzert , Gombos Leyton PC, Fairfax, Virginia; Leland B. Altschuler , Law Offices of Leland B. Altschuler, Woodside, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael von Lowenfeldt (argued), Kenneth Nabity , Brady R. Dewar , and James M. Wagstaffe , Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Stephen R. Jaffe , The Jaffe Law Firm, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Charles W. Scarborough (argued) and Michael S. Raab , Appellate Staff; Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

John P. Elwood and Ralph C. Mayrell , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Warren Postman and Steven P. Lehotsky , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Justin S. Brooks , Reuben A. Guttman , and Elizabeth H. Shofner , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Asher S. Alavi and David A. Bocian , Kessler Topaz Meltzer and Check LLP, Radnor, Pennsylvania; Daniel Miller , Berger & Montague P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; David S. Stone , Stone & Magnanini LLP, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey; for Amicus Curiae National Nurses United — California Nurses Association, et al.

Claire M. Sylvia , Phillips & Cohen LLP, San Francisco, California; Jacklyn N. DeMar , Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer M. Verkamp , Morgan Verkamp LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio; for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund.

Brandon J. Mark , Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Amicus Curiae Veterans Education Success.

Before: Susan P. Graber and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge.

OPINION

This qui tam action, brought under the False Claims Act, comes to us on interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of summary judgment so that we can settle questions of law posed in the wake of Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, ___ U.S. ___,

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