Mealey's (January 7, 2019, 11:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 7 denied certiorari to a group of Ohio residents who contended that their claim under the False Claims Act (FCA) against the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) was wrongly dismissed because the MWCD was aware that the leases in question violated an obligation to the United States (United States, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, No. 18-418, U.S. Sup.)....