United States v. Hughes Aircraft Company

63 F.3d 1512 64 USLW 2161 , 33 Fed.R.Serv.3d 543 , 40 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 76,828 , 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6608 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11 ,325 UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., William J. SCHUMER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Nos. 92-55759, 92-55857. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 1994. Decided Aug. 22, 1995. Herbert Hafif and Linda R. MacLean, Claremont, CA, Phillip E. Benson, Newport Beach, CA, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. James J. Gallagher, Fred D. Heather, Mark R. Troy, and Karin L. Keutzer, McKenna & Cuneo, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: D.W. NELSON, REINHARDT, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant William J. Schumer, a former manager at Hughes Aircraft Company ("Hughes"), filed suit against Hughes under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3729 et seq. Schumer asserted that Hughes had defrauded the United States government by entering into unauthorized and…