Breaking News: Supreme Court Holds that Private Company Cannot Immediately Appeal Immunity Decision in Immigrant Detainee Action

Breaking News:  Supreme Court Holds that Private Company Cannot Immediately Appeal Immunity Decision in Immigrant Detainee Action
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Here is the opinion. Justice Kagan wrote for the Court.

BREAKING: High Court Says GEO Group Can't Appeal Immunity Ruling

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that GEO Group Inc. cannot immediately appeal a district court decision that found it does not derive sovereign immunity from the federal government in a forced labor class action brought by immigrant detainees.

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Immigration Article of the Day:  Recalibrating the Plenary Power Doctrine After Trump v. Hawaii, Thuraissigiam, and Loper Bright by Abdul Aziz Meslat

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