U.S. v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

No. 97-4099.

154 F.3d 870 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James ZISSLER, and United States of America, Appellants, v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Hertz, Washington, DC, argued (Frank W. Hunger, David L. Lillehaug, Douglas N. Letter, Marie-Therese Connolly, and Laurence J. Freedman, on the brief), for Appellant U.S.

Linda R. MacLean, Yorba Linda, California, argued (Phillip E. Benson and Gary A. Weissman, on the brief), for Appellant Zissler.

Janice M. Symchych, Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued (Mark B. Rotenberg, Mark A. Bohnhorst, Michael J. Wahoske, Perry M. Wilson III, and William A. Dossett, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and PANNER, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

James Zissler brought this suit against the University of Minnesota on behalf of the United States as a qui tam relator under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1994). The suit alleged misuse of federal grant money in violation of the Act. The United States intervened. The District Court dismissed the False Claims Act counts of Zissler's and the government's complaints, holding that States, and hence the...

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