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U.S. Supreme Court

May 18, 2011

High Court Limits Whistle-blower Suits

Whistle-blowers can't bring lawsuits against government contractors for fraudulent billing that are based on records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - Whistle-blowers can't bring lawsuits against government contractors for fraudulent billing when those suits are based on records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, a divided U.S. Supreme Court held Monday.


Writing for the five-justice majority, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that records from FOIA requests trigger a bar preventing qui tam suits - private actions b...

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