The grisly details of the murder and dismemberment of four U.S. citizen contractors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah have found their way onto U.S. soil in a dispute that may reach the Supreme Court. In the case, which the justices will review at their conference Friday, the contractors' estates filed suit against Blackwater Security, a company with whom the decedents contracted to perform military escort services. Blackwater contends that no court, state or federal, has jurisdiction to review the claims.
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High Court Asked to Explore Contractor Liability for Deaths in Iraq
Legal Times
February 22, 2007
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