Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.3d 1037 · 2012
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably MHC Financing Ltd. Partnership v. City of San Rafael (2013), United States ex rel. Kelly v. Serco, Inc. (2017)
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act)
Relies on DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Van Dusen v. Barrack · United States Marcus v. Hess · Ferens v. John Deere Co. · Katuria E. Smith v. Tyson Marsh
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a false or fraudulent claim (2) that was material to the decision-making process (3) which defendant presented, or caused to be presented, to the United States for payment or approval (4) with knowledge that the claim was false or fraudulent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]o establish a cause of action under § 3729(a)(1)(B), the ... relator must show that defendants knowingly made, used, or caused to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he extent and the nature of government knowledge may show that the defendant did not 'knowingly' submit a false claim and so did not have the intent required by the ... FCA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.