Legal Opinion
Tucson Airport Authority v. General Dynamics Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1998No. 97-15052PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal by General Dynamics from the dismissal, for want of subject matter jurisdiction, of its third-party complaint against the United States, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Ar Force requires us to examine fundamental precepts of federal sovereign immunity.
A complaint filed by the Tucson Airport Authority (“TAA”) sought an order requiring General Dynamics to contribute to the costs of investigation and remediation of groundwater and soü contamination near the Tucson International Airport. In its third-party complaint, General Dynamics sought…
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