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It shapes the timeline for recovering public funds. It balances private initiative against state control."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 18-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 18-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 17-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 17-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 13-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 13-7"}]},{"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 26-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 26-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 12-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 12-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 17-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 17-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 31-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 31-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 10-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 10-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 6-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 6-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 11-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 11-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 16, lines 7-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 16, lines 7-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 10-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 10-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 8-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 28-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 28-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 33-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 33-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 7-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 7-25"}]}],"slug":"2018-18-315-cochise-consultancy-inc-v-united-states-ex-rel-hunt","term":"2018","title":"Does the government's intervention reset the relator's filing deadline?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 18-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 18-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 17-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 17-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 13-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-315_c07d.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 13-7"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}