Court Opinion

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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 95-1263

                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. RONALD A. LEBLANC,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                         v. 

                               RAYTHEON COMPANY, INC.,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges,
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                              and Lisi*, District Judge.
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               Robert  D. City,  with  whom Philip  di  Domenico and  City,
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          Hayes, Meagher & Dissette, P.C. were on brief, for appellant.
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               Martin J.  Newhouse, with  whom Theodore  M. Hess-Mahan  and
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          Ropes & Gray were on brief, for appellee.
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                                    August 9, 1995
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          *Of the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation.

                    SELYA, Circuit  Judge.   This appeal  stems from  a so-
                    SELYA, Circuit  Judge.
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          called  qui tam  action brought  under the  False Claims  Act, 31
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          U.S.C.   3730 (1988).  The defendant moved, early on,  to dismiss

          for want  of subject  matter jurisdiction.   See Fed. R.  Civ. P.
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          12(b)(1).  The court below granted the motion, writing a careful,

          well-reasoned  opinion that  correctly  analyzed and  applied the

          relevant doctrines.    See  United  States  ex  rel.  LeBlanc  v.
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          Raytheon Co., 874 F. Supp. 35 (D. Mass. 1995).
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                    It is  our preferred  practice  that when,  as now,  "a

          trial court has  produced a first-rate work  product, a reviewing

          tribunal  should hesitate to wax longiloquent  simply to hear its

          own words  resonate."   In re  San Juan Dupont  Plaza Hotel  Fire
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          Litig., 989  F.2d 36,  38 (1st Cir.  1993).   That wise  adage is
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          fully  applicable here.    Accordingly, we  affirm  the order  of

          dismissal for substantially the reasons elucidated in the opinion

          below.

                    We need  go no further.   The judgment of  the district

          court is summarily affirmed.  See 1st Cir. R. 27.1.
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          Affirmed.
          Affirmed.
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