Kellogg Brown & Root v. U.S. ex rel. Carter
Description
The Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act's statute of limitations tolling provision does not apply to claims of civil fraud brought by private parties. The False Claims Act's "first-to-file bar" keeps new claims out of court only while related claims are still alive, but not in perpetuity.
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