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U.S. EX REL. COSTA v. BAKER & TAYLOR, INC.

No. C-95-1825-VRW.

955 F.Supp. 1188 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Robert COSTA and Ronald Thornburg and State of California ex rel. Robert Costa and Ronald Thornburg, Plaintiffs, v. BAKER & TAYLOR, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

As Amended March 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Killefer, U.S. Attys. Office, San Francisco, CA, Diana J. Younts, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

John R. Phillips, Peter W. Chatfield, Phillips & Cohen, San Francisco, CA, for Robert Costa and Ronald Thornburg.

Larry G. Raskin, Ca. State Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for State of Cal.

ORDER

WALKER, District Judge.

Relators Robert Costa and Ronald Thornburg filed this False Claims Act case on behalf of the United States and the State of California on June 1, 1995. In their complaint, relators allege that Baker & Taylor Books ("B & T") has engaged in a practice of fraudulently overcharging institutional customers, including federally funded libraries. Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730, the complaint was filed under seal and served...

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