Resper v. Dept. of Pub. Saf. & Corr. Servs.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that relators are not “officers” because the government may take control of such eases whenever it wishes, and because the relator’s position is without tenure or continuous duties
• noting that the FCA was “crafted with particular care to maintain the primacy of the Executive Branch in prosecuting false claims actions”
• stating that “rules of ethics adopted by the legal profession” would prohibit “contracting with a client for a 75% contingency fee”
• stating that “rules of ethics adopted by the legal profession” would prohibit “contracting with a client for a 75% contingency fee”
• noting that fees incurred in a dispute with the DOJ over the relator’s share are not included within the scope of § 3730(d)(1) & (2)
• explaining that the FCA’s qui tam provisions “have been crafted with particular care to main- tain the primacy of the Executive Branch in prosecuting false- claims”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).