US, et al v. Guidant Corporation, et al

US, et al v. Guidant Corporation, et al

Plaintiff:	UNITED STATES, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF ARKANSAS, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF FLORIDA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF GEORGIA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF HAWAII, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF ILLINOIS, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF INDIANA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF MA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF MICHIGAN, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF MONTANA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF NEVADA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF NJ, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF NEW YORK, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF OK, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF TENNESSEE, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF TEXAS, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta, STATE OF VA, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta and STATE OF WISCONSIN, ex rel. Heidi Heineman-Guta
Plaintiff - Appellant:	HEIDI HEINEMAN-GUTA, Relator
Defendant - Appellee:	GUIDANT CORPORATION and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Guidant Corporation
Case Number:	12-1867
Filed:	July 12, 2012
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Statutory Actions

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May 31, 2013	United States ex rel. Heineman-Guta v. Guidant Corp.

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May 31, 2013	Filing 106536570 OPINION issued by Juan R. Torruella, Appellate Judge; Norman H. Stahl, Appellate Judge and Rogeriee Thompson, Appellate Judge. Published. For the aforementioned reasons, the district court's dismissal of Heineman-Guta's amended complaint due to the first-tofile rule under 3730(b)(5) is affirmed. The parties shall bear their own costs. [12-1867]

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