LeBlanc v. Raytheon ( 1992 )

USCA1 Opinion

          December 29, 1992     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 92-1683

                           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL,
                                  ROLAND A. LEBLANC,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                  RAYTHEON COMPANY,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                     [Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                              Torruella, Circuit Judge,
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                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
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                Philip R. Olenick for appellant.
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                Richard  A.  Sauber, with  whom  Kenneth  S. Kramer,  P.C.,
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          Douglas W.  Baruch, Maureen  C. Shay,  and Fried,  Frank, Harris,
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          Shriver & Jacobson, were on brief for appellee.
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                    Per Curiam.   Appellant LeBlanc's brought  suit against
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          appellee Raytheon Company brought under  the False Claims Act, 31

          U.S.C.    3729.    In his  complaint,  he alleged  that  Raytheon

          defrauded the United  States.  The  district court dismissed  the

          complaint  on  res  judicata  grounds.   We  affirm  the district

          court's  judgment and award double costs to appellee.  See United
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          States ex rel.  LeBlanc v. Raytheon  Co., No. 92-10999 (D.  Mass.
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          May 15, 1992).

                    Affirmed.  Double costs to appellee.
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