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· 5/23/2000

United States v. United States Ex Rel. Thornton

Citations

  • 207 F.3d 769
  • 2000 WL 320518

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the interests of the government and relator “diverge when it comes time to pay the relator’s share”
  • noting that the interests of the government and relator “diverge when it comes time to pay the relator’s share”
  • recognizing the divergence of otherwise aligned interests when the relator’s share must be paid
  • “It comes as no surprise that while the government and relator have litigated on the same side, their interests diverge when it comes time to pay the relator’s share.”
  • “It comes as no surprise that while the government and relator have 2 litigated on the same side, their interests diverge when it comes time to pay the 3 relator’s share.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Politz, Gibson, Higginbotham

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