What are some cases where the federal government has been successful in defending itself in civil actions brought against it by members of the public against each other?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from USA. v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., 190 F.3d 963 (9th Cir. 1999):
parasitic lawsuits copied from preexisting indictments or based upon congressional investigations. Such ill-motivated suits not only diminished the government's ultimate recovery without contributing any new information, but the rush to the courthouse put pressure on the government to make hasty decisions regarding whether to prosecute civil actions.
United States ex rel. Findley v. FPC-Boron Employees' Club, 105 F.3d 675, 679-80 (D.C. Cir. 1997). To address this
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