Boyle v. United Technologies Corporation
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Is This a Contractor Immunity?
Sally Kohn: Justice Brennan's dissent is quite good, we start off real strong and you simply do not see Supreme Court liberal justices writing like this right now. She says the case isn't a lawsuit against the federal government as Scalia kind of tries to frame it. It doesn't have anything to do with the rights and duties of the government,. The lawsuit doesn't have any effect on the US or the treasury. This lawsuit, he says, is quote, at best collateral to the federal government. So what if the government has to pay more? That level of legal opinion would be just expensive for e-con firms; they should shut the fuck up.
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