Legal Opinion
Janya Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2017No. 16-1530PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Duncan joined.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we are presented with the single issue of whether a government contractor was entitled to remove a state tort action to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1) based on the contractor’s assertion that it had a colorable federal defense of government-contractor immunity.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Willingham v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Jefferson County v. AckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Phipps v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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3Cited by84 opinions
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- Mayor and City Council of Balt v. BP P.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2020
- Mayor of Balt. v. BP P. L.C.District Court, D. Maryland · 2019
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