Original False Claims Act Contracts and Vouchers
In 2016, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, alongside the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), filed an amicus brief in the landmark Supreme Court case Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar. The case concerned the False Claims Act and whether or not the law requires express conditions of payment to be stated in a contract in order to impose liability.
As part of the brief, KKC and NWC went to search in the historical record in the National Archives to find the real intent behind the law. The False Claims Act was passed in 1863, in response to rampant contracting fraud in the Civil War.
KKC and NWC uncovered the original government contracts and vouchers which were referenced by the Select Committee on Government Contracts during the drafting of the False Claims Act.
Copies of the Select Committee on Government Contracts folder of contracts are available here: Contract 1, Contract 2, Contract 3 (National Archives File HR 37A-E21.1, 37th Cong. Select Committee on Government Contracts, File Folder 6, Contracts.)
Copies of the Select Committee on Government Contracts folder of vouchers are available here: Voucher 1, Voucher 2 (National Archives File HR 37A-E21.1, 37th Cong. Select Committee on Government Contracts, File Folder 7, Vouchers.)
