False Presentment

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Sanford-Brown, Limited, et al

Case No.: 14-2506

Officials: BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: False Presentment

This matter is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of its recent decision in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2016). See U.S. ex rel. Nelson v. Sanford-Brown, Ltd., 136 S. Ct. 2506 (2016). The only part of our previous opinion, United States v. Sanford-Brown, Ltd., 788 F.3d 696 (7th Cir. 2015), that is affected by the holding in Universal Health is part IV(B)(2), which addressed the plaintiff-relator’s false presentment claim under 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A) of the False Claims Act. We readdress that claim here in light of Universal Health and substitute the following discussion for part IV(B)(2) of our earlier opinion. The remainder of our previous opinion is reinstated, and we once again affirm the district court in all respects.

Affirmed

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