Amendments to the False Claims Act of 1863 (“FCA” and “Lincoln Law“)
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009
Senate Report No. 99-345 of the False Claims Amendments Act of 1986
US Supreme Court – Implied False Certification & Fraudulent Inducement
United Health Servs., Inc. v. US ex rel. Escobar, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1989, 2002-03, 195 L.Ed.2d 348 (2016)(“[I]implied false certification theory can … provide a basis for [False Claims Act] liability”)
US ex rel. Marcus v. Hess, 317 U.S. 537, 63 S.Ct. 379, 87 L.Ed. 443 (1943)(“The initial fraudulent action and every step thereafter taken pressed ever to the ultimate goal — payment of government money to persons who had caused it to be defrauded.”)
Academic Studies of Federal Court Discord
Joel D. Hesch, A Comprehensive Analysis of the False Claims Act’s Unique Statute of Limitations: The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. Was a Good Start but Left Much to Do, 70 Syracuse L. Rev. 773 (2020)
Scott K. Zesch , When Does Statute of Limitations Begin to Run in Action under False Claims Act (31 U.S.C.A. §§ 3729-3733), 139 A.L.R. 645 § 4 (1997)
SOL Triggered by Date of False Claim (Date of Payment Immaterial)
US ex rel. Tracy v. Emigration Improvement District et al., No. 21-4059 (10th Cir. 2022)
US ex rel. Karvelas v. Melrose-Wakefield Hosp., 360 F. 3d 220, 225 (1st Cir. 2004)
United States v. Rivera, 55 F. 3d 703, 709 (1st Cir. 1995)
United States v. Woodbury, 359 F. 2d 370, 375 (9th Cir. 1966)
United States v. Ueber, 299 F.2d 310, 312–13 (6th Cir. 1962)
Smith v. United States, 287 F.2d 299, 304 (5th Cir. 1961)
US ex rel. Bauchwitz v. Holloman, 671 F. Supp. 2d 674 (E.D. Pa. 2009)
US ex. rel. Colunga v. Hercules, Inc., 1998 WL 310481 (D. Utah 1998)
U.S. ex rel. Sanders v. East Alabama Healthcare Authority, 953 F. Supp. 1404 (M.D. Ala. 1996)
US ex rel. Hartigan v. Palumbo Bros., Inc., 797 F. Supp. 624, 629 (N.D. Ill. 1992)
United States v. Etin, 750 F.Supp. 512, 517 (S.D. Fla. 1990)
US ex rel. La Valley v. First Nat. Bank of Boston, 707 F.Supp. 1351, 1352 n. 2 (D.Mass. 1988)
United States v. Cripps, 451 F. Supp. 598 (E.D. Mich. 1978)
SOL Triggered by Date of Payment / Type of Damages / Fraudulent Inducement
US ex rel. Miller v. Weston Educational, Inc., 840 F. 3d 494 (8th Cir. 2016)
United States v. United Technologies Corp., 626 F. 3d 313 (6th Cir. 2010)
US ex rel. Longhi v. United States, 575 F. 3d 458 (5th Cir. 2009)
US ex rel. Hendow v. University of Phoenix, 461 F. 3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2006)
US ex rel. Main v. Oakland City Univ., 426 F. 3d 914 (7th Cir. 2005)
Harrison v. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., 176 F. 3d 776 (4th Cir. 1999)
Young-Montenay, Inc. v. United States, 15 F.3d 1040, 1043 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (citing Miller v. United States, 550 F.2d 17, 23 (Ct. Cl. 1977)) (“In order to recover damages for violation of the False Claims Act, the government must establish that . . . the United States suffered damages as a result of the false or fraudulent claim.”)
United States v. Klein, 230 F.Supp. 426, 441–42 (W.D.Pa. 1964), aff’d, 356 F.2d 983 (3d Cir. 1966)
US ex rel. Vosika v. Starkley Laboratories, Inc., 2004 WL 2065127 (D. Minn. 2004)
United States v. Tech Refrigeration, 143 F.Supp.2d 1006, 1007 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
Jana, Inc. v. United States, 41 Fed.Cl. 735, 743 (Fed. Cl. 1998)
United States v. Incorporated Village of Island Park, 888 F. Supp. 419, 441-2 (E.D.N.Y. 1995)
Statute of Limitations For a Conspiracy to Defraud the Government
US ex rel. Fisher v. Network Software Associates, 180 F. Supp. 2d 192 (D.D.C. 2002)
