State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby
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State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, 580 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified the consequences of violating the False Claims Act's requirement that cases be kept under seal.[1] In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that a violation of the False Claim Act's seal requirement does not require the dismissal of a complaint.[2]
Quick Facts State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, Argued November 1, 2016 Decided December 6, 2016 ...
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby | |
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Argued November 1, 2016 Decided December 6, 2016 | |
Full case name | State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. United States ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. |
Docket no. | 15-513 |
Citations | 580 U.S. ___ (more) 137 S. Ct. 436; 196 L. Ed. 2d 340 |
Case history | |
Prior | United States ex rel. Rigsby v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 794 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 2386 (2016). |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
False Claims Act |
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