Supreme Court of the United States

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Petitioner v. United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby

December 6, 2016137 S. Ct. 436

Summary

The Supreme Court held that a violation of the False Claims Act seal requirement does not mandate automatic dismissal of a relator’s complaint and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to dismiss the suit. The Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit’s judgment.