Supreme Court Can Save Soldiers’ ‘Burn Pit’ Case, Petition Says

The U.S. Supreme Court should rule that Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. isn’t immune from a lawsuit alleging that it harmed soldiers by using waste burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, plaintiffs asserted in their petition.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other courts have given contractors immunity under the political question doctrine in a way that goes against the Supreme Court’s view that military decisions shouldn’t be insulated from judicial review, they said.

The courts’ application of the political question doctrine, which bars suits if a court would be forced to second-guess the wisdom ...