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This affects how long the government can sue contractors for fraud."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 28, lines 13-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 28, lines 13-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 49, lines 3-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 49, lines 3-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 29-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 29-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 25-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 25-43"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 21-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 21-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 19-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 19-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 25-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/12-1497_6k37.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 25-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 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