Hyatt v. Northrop Corporation

137 F.3d 1179, 42 Cont. Cas. Fed. 77,279, 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1888, 98 Daily Journal DAR 3619, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2617, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 7101

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 9, 1998
• Docket: 94-55578
• Status: Published

Opinion

137 F.3d 1179

13 IER Cases 1888, 42 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 77,279,
98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3619

Michael A. HYATT, aka, Brian Hyatt, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee,
United States of America, ex rel. Michael A. (Brian) Hyatt
and John W. King, Plaintiff,
v.
NORTHROP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Nos. 94-55578, 94-55638.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

April 9, 1998.

Before: T.G. NELSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WILKEN,* District Judge.

Pursuant to the Order of the United States Supreme Court issued June 23, 1997, --- U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 2476, 138 L.Ed.2d 986, we have reconsidered the opinion filed by this court on April 11, 1996, 80 F.3d 1425, in light of Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States ex rel. Schumer, --- U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 1871, 138 L.Ed.2d 135 (1997). Based on this reconsideration, we withdraw the portion of our earlier opinion that dealt with the retrospective application of the revised qui tam provisions of the 1986 amendments to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., published at 80 F.3d at 1428-30, and affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment on that issue for the reasons set forth in Schumer. Our opinion is reinstated in all other respects. The end result is that the district court is AFFIRMED in all respects. The parties shall bear their own costs.

* Honorable Claudia Wilken, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation