Opinions of the United 2000 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

2-29-2000

USA Ex Rel Merena v. Smithkline Beecham Precedential or Non-Precedential:

Docket 98-1497

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 98-1497

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. ROBERT J. MERENA

v.

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION

United States of America, Appellant

No. 98-1498

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. KEVIN J. SPEAR; THE BERKELEY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER; JACK DOWDEN

v.

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.

United States of America, Appellant

No. 98-1499

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. GLENN GROSSENBACHER; CHARLES W. ROBINSON, JR.

v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.

United States of America, Appellant

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA (Dist. Ct. No. 93--cv--5974) District Judge: The Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen

Argued: March 5, 1999

Before: ALITO, McKEE, AND GARWOOD,* Circuit Judges

(Opinion Filed: February 29, 2000)

ORDER AMENDING SLIP OPINION

The slip opinion in this case is amended as follows:

1. In the first sentence of Part IA of the opinion, the phrase "had adopted a scheme" is amended to read "had adopted the following scheme."

2. In the second sentence of Part IA of the opinion, the words "Specifically, the government suspected that" are deleted and the word "the" preceding the word "laboratories" is capitalized.

3. The paragraph indentation between the second and third sentences of Part IA of the opinion is eliminated.

BY THE COURT:

Samuel A. Alito Circuit Judge _________________________________________________________________

* The Honorable Will L. Garwood, Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

2 A True Copy: Teste:

Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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