Iraq War Contractors Press Opposition To Jurisdiction In Appeal Of C6 Injury Suit

NEW ORLEANS - Iraq War contractors sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for personal injuries allegedly caused by hexavalent chromium exposure at an oil extraction site in Iraq filed a redacted reply brief April 24 in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of dismissing the claims for lack of jurisdiction under the political question doctrine and the combat activities exception in the Federal Tort Claims Act (Mark McManaway, et al. v. KBR Inc., et al., No. 12-20763, 5th Cir.; See 4/16/13, Page 36).
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