Northrop Grumman Corp. v. United States ex rel. Green
Northrop Grumman Corp. v. United States ex rel. Green, 518 U.S. 1018 (1996)
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
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(“[T]he private right of recovery created by the qui tam provisions of the [False Claims Act] exists not to compensate the qui tam relator, but the United States. The relator’s right to recovery exists solely as a mechanism for deterring fraud and returning funds to the federal treasury”)
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