Legal Opinion
Lane v. Halliburton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2008No. 06-20874, 06-20905 and 06-20915PublishedCited by 481 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal consolidates three cases brought by civilian truck drivers, or their spouses and dependents (collectively “Plaintiffs”), against Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and various subsidiaries (collectively “KBR”), for injuries sustained while working for KBR in Iraq. The district court dismissed all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice, holding that their cases were nonjusticiable under the political question doctrine. On appeal, the Plaintiffs argue that KBR has not shown that resolving their tort claims will require the district court to answer a…
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