United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc.

Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)

In U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, the Supreme Court reviewed whether, in a qui tam False Claims Act action, the government can move to dismiss the case after not intervening during the so-called "seal" period. Writing for the 8-1 majority, Justice Kagan writes that the government may move to dismiss the False Claims Act action at anytime - so long as the government had intervened at some point, but regardless of the intervention was during the seal period or after. Read by Jake Leahy.