To advance the goals of the False Claim Act, TAF files amicus briefs on significant legal and policy issues in FCA cases throughout the country. If you would like to discuss a potential amicus submission, please contact our office.

Pursuant to its amicus program, TAF has prepared briefs in the following matters:

U.S. Supreme Court No. 01-1572 (brief submitted November, 2002)
Cook County, Illinois v. United States ex rel. Janet Chandler
On Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent
Issue: FCA Liability of Local Governments

Eleventh Circuit No. 01-15337-BB, 01-17033-BB,
02-11471-A (brief submitted May 6, 2002)
United States ex rel. John King v. Jackson County Hospital Corporation
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: FCA Liability of Local Governments

Third Circuit No. 00-3691 (brief submitted April 24, 2001)
United States ex rel. Anthony Dunleavy v. County of Delaware
On appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: FCA Liability of Local Governments

Seventh Circuit No. 00-4110 (brief submitted March 23, 2001)
United States ex rel. Janet Chandler v. Cook County, Illinois
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: FCA Liability of Localities after Stevens

Second Circuit No. 00-6269 (brief submitted December 22, 2000)
United States ex rel. Patricia Mikes v. Straus, Ambinder, and Friedman
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: Implied False Certification/Medical Standard of Care

Ninth Circuit No. 00-55328 (brief submitted 6/2000)
United States ex rel. Linda Lujan v. Hughes Aircraft Company
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: Section 3730(b)(5) First-to-File Bar

U.S. Supreme Court
State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. U.S. ex rel. Jonathan Stevens
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
No. 98-1828 (briefs submitted 10/99; 11/99)
Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent; Supplemental Brief, Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent
Issues: 11th Amendment; State Qui Tam Liability; Relator Standing Under Article III of the Constitution

Fifth Circuit Case No.97-20948 (brief submitted 6/98)
United States ex rel. Joyce Riley v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital et al.
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: Relator Standing Under Article III of the Constitution

U.S. Supreme Court No. 95-1340 (brief submitted 1/97)
Hughes Aircraft Company v. United States ex rel. William J. Schumer
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent
Issues: Public Disclosure Bar; Injury to Public Fisc

Third Circuit Case No. 96-1617 (brief submitted 10/96)
United States ex rel. Anthony J. Dunleavy v. County Of Delaware, et al.
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issue: Public Disclosure Bar

Fourth Circuit Record No. 95-2811 (brief submitted 6/96)
United States ex rel. Pamela Berge v. Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Alabama At Birmingham, et al.
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellee
Issues: Amenability of States to FCA Suits; Application of FCA to Scientific Research Fraud

Fifth Circuit Case No. 96-40868 (brief submitted 12/96)
United States ex rel. James M. Thompson v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., et al.
On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant
Issues: False or Fraudulent Claim under FCA / Violation of Medicare Anti-Kickback and Self-Referral Laws; Injury to Public Fisc

Copies of the briefs are available from TAF upon request.