government-contractor-defense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-1446 Patricia LaCourse, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lt. Colonel Matthew LaCourse v. PAE Worldwide Incorporated, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived boyle-v-united-technologies civil-procedure death-on-high-seas-act death-on-the-high-seas-act discretion-in-contract-performance government-contractor-defense jury-trial maritime-law summary-judgment Did the Court of Appeals err in extending the federal common law 'government contractor defense' to a government maintenance contract?
18-206 Craig Cunningham v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-agency-authority federal-contractor-liability federal-preemption federal-statutes government-contractor-defense jurisdictional-defense separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation yearsley-defense yearsley-v-w-a-ross Whether the Yearsley defense is a jurisdictional defense or an affirmative defense, and whether it applies to violations of federal law or only state …