Rejected Contractor Immunity Review Needs to Wait, Detainees Say

Government contractors who unsuccessfully argue derivative sovereign immunity blocks lawsuits against them don’t need immediate review of those decisions, a group of immigrant detainees told the US Supreme Court.

If the Supreme Court allows federal contractors to seek mid-case review when courts reject their arguments that they’re entitled to a form of sovereign immunity, then “the scope of the collateral-order doctrine” would “dramatically expand,” according to the detainees’ Monday brief. They urged the justices to affirm a ruling requiring GEO Group Inc. to wait until later in the litigation to seek review of the immunity denial.

The Supreme Court ...