With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". per claim; the current version, by contrast, generally imposes treble damages and a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per claim. The very idea of treble damages reveals an intent to punish past, and to deter future, unlawful conduct, not to ameliorate the liability of wrongdoers. Id. at 785, 120 S.Ct. 1858 (internal citations and quotations omitted). Thus, given the presumption against imposing punitive damages on governmental entities, and the absence of any evidence suggesting a contrary congressional intent, the Court concluded that a state could not be sued under sect t. for Med. Research, 118 F.Supp.2d 902, 903 (N.D.Ill.2000) (“[Cook] County is immune from prosecution under the FCA because it is immune from any award or claim for punitive damages.”); Dunleavy, 2000 WL 1522854, at *8 (<HOLDING>). In reaching this conclusion, these courts

A: holding that county of delaware was not a person for purposes of fca liability
B: holding that county defendant was a person within meaning of fca for purposes of suit by private plaintiff
C: holding that subsection c2 of the delaware longarm statute requires that service contracts must be for services performed in delaware
D: holding that a county is not an arm of the state for purposes of the eleventh amendment
A.