LINE MATERIAL CO. ET AL.

v.

OOMS, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. NEC Corp., 931 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1991)
  …oncern of Congress was to do away with these so-called ‘parasitical suits.’ ” Pettis ex rel. United States v. Morrisson-Knudsen Co., 577 F. 2d 668, 671 (9th Cir.1978) (citing United States v. Pittman, 151 F. 2d 851, 854 (5th Cir.1945), cert. denied, 328 U.S. 843, 66 S.Ct. 1022, 90 L.Ed. 1617 (1946); United States v. Rippetoe, 178 F. 2d 735, 736 (4th Cir.1949)). As a result, the 1943 Act contained a broad jurisdictional bar against qui tam suits “whenever it shall be made to appear that such suit was based u…
• Charles Pettis ex rel. United States v. Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., 577 F.2d 668 (9th Cir. 1978)
  …s ex rel. Marcus v. Hess, 317 U.S. 537, 545-48, 63 S.Ct. 379, 87 L.Ed. 443 (1943). The immediate concern of Congress was to do away with these so-called “parisitical suits.” United States v. Pittman, 151 F. 2d 851, 854 (5th Cir. 1945), cert. denied, 328 U.S. 843, 66 S.Ct. 1022, 90 L.Ed. 1617 (1946); United States v. Rippetoe, 178 F. 2d 735, 736 (4th Cir. 1949). The House and Senate, however, adopted different approaches for accomplishing this end. The House bill completely abolished qui tarn actions. 89 Co…
• United States v. The Prudential Ins. Co., 944 F.2d 1149 (3d Cir. 1991)
  …e government’s concerns, Congress amended the statute in 1943. See Act of Dec. 23, 1943, ch. 377, 57 Stat. 608; United States v. Pittman, 151 F. 2d 851, 853-54 (5th Cir.1945) (discussing legislative history of 1943 amendments), [*1163] cert. denied, 328 U.S. 843, 66 S.Ct. 1022, 90 L.Ed. 1617 (1946). The government had pressed for a total repeal of the qui tam provisions, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to that effect. The Senate passed a bill that would have retained the qui tam provisions…