6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. TDC Management Corp..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. TDC Management Corp. Anchor | green | “both parties to the contract understood that payment was conditional on compliance with the requirement at issue.” | 6 |
| 2 | United States Ex Rel. Hockett v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. | green | “a claim that falsely certifies compliance with a particular statute, regulation or contractual terms, where compliance is a prerequisite for payment.” | 6 |
| 3 | 4934, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services | green | “unjust enrichment must be determined by the nature of the dealings between the recipient of the benefit and the party seeking restitution, and those dealings will necessarily vary from one case to the next.” | 4 |
| 4 | United States Ex Rel. Barrett v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. | green | “the claim submitted for those funds contained an implied certification of compliance with the law or regulation and was fraudulent.” | 4 |
| 5 | United States Ex Rel. Westrick v. Second Chance Body Armor, Inc. | green | “an argument that the presentation of the claims was the work of another is unavailing as a means to avoid liability under 3729(a)(1).” | 3 |
| 6 | United States Ex Rel. Barrett v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. | green | “the theory of implied certification ... is that where the government pays funds to a party, and would not have paid those funds had it known of a violation of a law or regulation, the claim submitted for those funds contained an implied certification of compliance with the law o…” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.