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AL-QURAISHI v. L-3 SERVICES, INC.

Nos. 10-1891, 10-1921.

657 F.3d 201 (2011)

Wissam Abdullateff Sa'eed AL-QURAISHI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. L-3 SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant, Adel Nakhla; CACI International, Incorporated; CACI Premier Technology, Incorporated, Defendants. Earthrights International, Amicus Supporting Appellee. Wissam Abdullateff Sa'eed Al-Quraishi, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adel Nakhla, Defendant-Appellant, L-3 Services, Incorporated; CACI International, Incorporated; CACI Premier Technology, Incorporated, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ari S. Zymelman , Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Susan L. Burke , Burke PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Eric Delinsky , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C.; F. Whitten Peters , F. Greg Bowman , Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Shereef H. Akeel , Akeel & Valentine, PLC, Troy, Michigan; Joseph F. Rice , Frederick C. Baker , Rebecca M. Deupree , Meghan S.B. Oliver , Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; Susan M. Sajadi , Katherine Hawkins , Burke O'Neil, LLC, Washington, D.C.; Katherine Gallagher , J. Wells Dixon , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York, for Appellee. Richard Herz , Marco Simons , Jonathan Kaufman , Earthrights International, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Appellee.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD joined. Judge KING wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Seventy-two Iraqis, who were seized in Iraq by the U.S. military and detained at various locations throughout Iraq, commenced this action against L-3 Services, Inc., a military contractor, and one of its employees, Adel Nakhla (collectively, "L-3 Services"). L-3 Services was retained by the military to provide translation services in connection with interrogations of persons detained at various detention sites in the Iraq...

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