inouye v. esate of mchugo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The government did not elect to pursue an alternate remedy in this case, and thus this provision is not in play.”
• “A 14 primary purpose of the FCA is to encourage whistleblowers to come forward with 15 allegations of fraud perpetrated upon the government.”
• “A primary purpose of the FCA is to encourage whistleblowers to come forward with allegations of fraud perpetrated upon the government.”
• “We reject the contention that Rule 9(b) plays a part in determining whether a relator is entitled to share in the settlement proceeds resulting from a qui tam action in which the government elects to intervene.” (emphasis added)
• “We find nothing in the FCA’s statutory text to support this type of post hoc use of Rule 9(b) to deny a relator the right to a share of the settlement proceeds in an action. in which the government intervenes.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).