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Guilfoile v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis

913 F.3d 178 · 2019

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited

3 district ·

Relationships

Applies 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1320A (§ 1128b of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Liparota v. United States · Allison Engine Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Sanders · Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “knowingly and willfully offer[ing] or pay[ing] any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind to any person to induce such person”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “For purposes of the statute, 'a claim includes direct requests to the government for payment as well as reimbursement requests made to the recipients of federal funds under federal benefit programs.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “to refer an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a Federal health care program”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.