High Court Asks For Government Brief In Abu Ghraib Case
October 04 2010 - 11:05AM
Dow Jones News
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to
weigh in on whether military contractors can be sued for allegedly
abusing Iraqis who were detained and interrogated at the Abu Ghraib
prison.
An earlier ruling by a federal appeals court in Washington,
citing wartime considerations, said lawsuits against CACI
International Inc. (CACI) and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s
(LLL) Titan unit had to be thrown out.
The Iraqi plaintiffs alleged that they or their relatives were
beaten, electrocuted, raped and subjected to other kinds of abuse
by private contractors working as interpreters and interrogators at
Abu Ghraib.
The U.S. Solicitor General's office will respond with a brief in
the case before the court reconsiders whether to accept the matter
for arguments later in the 2010-2011 term.
The case is Haidar Muhsin Saleh v. Titan Corp., 09-1313.
-By Brent Kendall and Mark H. Anderson, Dow Jones Newswires;
202-862-9222; brent.kendall@dowjones.com
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