Legal Opinion
Saleh v. Titan Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 11, 2009No. 08-7008, 08-7009PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Iraqi nationals brought separate suits against two private military contractors that provided services to the U.S. government at the Abu Ghraib military prison during the war in Iraq. The district court granted summary judgment in behalf of one of the contractors, Titan Corp., on grounds that the plaintiffs’ state tort claims were federally preempted. But the court denied summary judgment on those grounds to the other contractor, CACI…
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