Legal Ruling: The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holds that: the South Florida Water Management District was an arm of the State of Florida under the Eleventh Amendment immunity analysis and therefore is not a “person” for purposes of False Claims Act Definitions, 31 U.S.C.S. § 3729. This False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit is captioned United States ex rel. Lesinski v. South Florida Water Management District, No. 12-16082, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 14 (11th Cir. January 2, 2014).
