Federal Judiciary

LiveBlog: Opinions | 3.30.10

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

Beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern, we will provide ?live? coverage of the Court?s release of one or more opinions. In the ?LiveBlog? below, we will relay all developments as quickly as possible from our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston.

Because the LiveBlog automatically updates, users do not need to refresh their browsers to receive the latest news.

We will publish in a separate post the full text of any slip opinions released.

CORRECTION: The holding described in this LiveBlog for Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. U.S. ex rel. Wilson is the exact reverse of the Court’s actual decision.  Here is the correct holding: Lawsuits under the Federal False Claims Act seeking to recover federal funds that have been misspent are barred if the information used in the lawsuits came from state or local agencies’ reports or audits.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).