The Supreme Court will consider whether a private prison operator may quickly appeal a lower court ruling in a lawsuit alleging that immigration detainees were illegally made to work for $1 a day.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit denied the company governmental immunity in the legal proceeding, even though it is a federal contractor.
Sovereign immunity is a legal doctrine that prevents governments from being sued unless they consent to being sued. Derivative sovereign immunity, which is sometimes called Yearsley immunity, is a legal doctrine that extends sovereign immunity to companies contracted to do government work….