US Gets Time to Argue Against Contractor Immunity at High Court

The federal government secured time to argue against GEO Group Inc.'s quest for quick appeals of contractor immunity denials when the US Supreme Court takes up the case next month.

Federal contractors who unsuccessfully assert a misleadingly named “derivative sovereign immunity” defense to lawsuits aren’t entitled to immediate appeals, the US Solicitor General told the court in a brief backing immigrants detained in a GEO facility on the government’s behalf. Now, the US can use a portion of the argument time to promote that approach in person when the justices hear the case with ramifications outside the labor space Nov. ...