In Their Own Words -- Alito
Posted May 28, 2015
— “As petitioners see things, the first-filed action remains ‘pending’ even after it has been dismissed. . . This interpretation does not comport with any known usage of the term ‘pending.’ Under this interpretation, Marbury v Madison . . . is still ‘pending.’ So is the trial of Socrates..”
Justice Samuel Alito writing this week on behalf of an unanimous Supreme Court that rejected an interpretation of the “first-to-file” bar that would have precluded many False Claims Act lawsuits. Click here for more.
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