CACI Premier Technology, Inc., Petitioner v. Suhail Najim Abdulla Al Shimari, et al.
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June 28, 2021
High Court Won't Hear Military Contractor Immunity Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a military contractor's petition to overturn the denial of derivative sovereign immunity in a case seeking to hold the company liable for alleged torture at an Iraqi prison.
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June 23, 2021
Abu Ghraib Contractor Presses Justices To Review Its Case
A U.S. Department of Defense contractor facing accusations that its employees supported prisoner abuse at an Iraqi prison has renewed its call for the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether it can appeal for derivative sovereign immunity.
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January 03, 2021
Top Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2021
This year will see the litigation of significant new issues for government contractors, such as when the right to protest may be waived and whether an alleged false claim has to be based on objectively verifiable facts. Here are the cases that government contractors should watch closely in 2021.
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August 27, 2020
Gov't Urges High Court To Take Contractor Immunity Case
The federal government has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a circuit court's refusal to immediately consider CACI International being denied immunity over alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners, to address a split between courts on contractor immunity.
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July 06, 2020
Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2020: Midyear Report
There are several important government contracts cases to watch in the second half of 2020, from high-profile disputes over the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud deal to a case that could provide clarity on challenges to prototyping deals.
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January 27, 2020
Justices Ask Gov't To Weigh In On Contractor Immunity Case
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the federal government on Monday to weigh in on the Fourth Circuit's refusal to hear an appeal from a defense contractor that was denied immunity from claims over the alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners.
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December 20, 2019
Abu Ghraib Prisoners Ask Justices To Deny Immunity Case
Former prisoners who allege they were tortured by U.S. military personnel and staff of a CACI International unit during the Iraq War have told the U.S. Supreme Court that the company can't immediately appeal orders denying it immunity, because the orders rely on disputed facts that are integral to the prisoners' claims.
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December 18, 2019
Justices Urged To Intervene In Abu Ghraib Contractor Case
A defense attorneys group urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up a CACI International unit's petition and rule that denial of derivative sovereign immunity for federal contractors is immediately appealable, in a case over alleged liability for torture at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison.