# Minnesota False Claims Act *Minnesota statute codified at Minn. Stat. ch. 15C.* The **Minnesota False Claims Act** is chapter 15C of the [[Minnesota]] Statutes. The Revisor of Statutes publishes it at Minn. Stat. ch. 15C.[^1] The project's claim:link record describes the chapter as a "parallel state qui tam authority." The record lists the chapter as one validated claim:link pair in each of three legal theories, and each of those theories carries 100 validated pairs.[^2] The record documents one use of the chapter. On August 16, 2018, a 95-page complaint was filed under the Minnesota False Claims Act on behalf of Dakota County against [[Purdue Pharma]] and other opioid manufacturers, as reported by CBS Minnesota.[^3] ## What - Minn. Stat. ch. 15C is the Minnesota False Claims Act.[^1] - The chapter appears three times in the claim:link record:[^2] - as claim 64 under Theory 1, Title VII Disparate Treatment / §43A.191 / RICO + Qui Tam; - as claim 75 under Theory 2, Title VI (Race Discrimination in Federally Funded Programs); - as claim 73 under Theory 3, Title IX (Sex Discrimination in Federally Funded Education Programs). - Claim 64 identifies the chapter as "parallel state qui tam authority." Claims 75 and 73 identify it by name only.[^2] ## How The 2018 opioid suit was brought by the office of [[Backstrom]] on behalf of Dakota County. CBS Minnesota reported it as a 95-page complaint against Purdue Pharma and other manufacturers under the Minnesota False Claims Act.[^3] Backstrom was reported as saying that "the pharmaceutical companies must be held accountable for knowingly or negligently creating the opioid crisis through their irresponsible business practices."[^3] The cited report does not establish the outcome of the suit.[^3] ## In the at-issue record At-issue entry AI-Dakota-039 pairs the 2018 Dakota County suit with a federal anchor. The suit is documented in the CBS Minnesota report.[^3] The anchor is the March 2025 White House presidential action *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse*.[^4] ## In the Minnesota record ### When - August 16, 2018: a 95-page Minnesota False Claims Act complaint was filed on behalf of Dakota County against Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 15C* — codification of the Minnesota False Claims Act. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/15C [^2]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 15C*, as cited in the project's claim:link rows CL-Theory1TitleVIIDisparate-64, CL-Theory2TitleVIRaceDiscri-75 and CL-Theory3TitleIXSexDiscrim-73 — the chapter as claims 64, 75 and 73 within Theories 1–3 (100 validated pairs per theory); claim 64 describes it as parallel state qui tam authority. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/15C [^3]: CBS Minnesota, *Backstrom opioid lawsuit* (Aug. 16, 2018) — the 95-page Minnesota False Claims Act complaint filed on behalf of Dakota County against Purdue Pharma and others, and the quoted statement. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/backstrom-opioid-lawsuit/ [^4]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025) — the presidential action used as the federal anchor for at-issue entry AI-Dakota-039. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/