UNITED STATES EX REL. KRAEMER v. UNITED DAIRIES

No. 22-3306.

82 F.4th 595 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL. Kenneth KRAEMER, et al., Plaintiffs Relators-Appellants v. UNITED DAIRIES, L.L.P.; Union Dairy, L.L.P.; Westland Dairy, LLP; Alpha Foods, L.L.P.; Nicholas Ridgeway; Craig Achen; Steven Landwehr; Thomas Landwehr; Matthew Landwehr; Robert Hennen; Silverstreak Dairies; Greg Marthaler; Marthaler Properties Family LLLP; Dairyridge, Inc., a South Dakota corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Patrick B. Steinhoff , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Thomas Francis DeVincke , of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Gary Leistico , of Clear Lake, MN. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Jayne Eliza Esch , of Clear Lake, MN.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Kenneth Kraemer and Kraemer Farms, LLC (collectively, "Plaintiffs") commenced this qui tam action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, against United Dairies, other dairy farms, and their partners and agents ("Defendants") alleging that they knowingly filed false crop insurance claims....

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