DEFIORE v. SOC LLC

No. 21-15261.

85 F.4th 546 (2023)

Nicholas DEFIORE; Keith Quick; Neil Robinson; Christopher Williams; Shawn Whitehead; Paul Mills, Jr.; Rene Perez; Robert Herring; Houston Willams; Allen Cain; Richard Landry; Warren Woods; Arnold Alexander; Daniel Mercanton; David Wolderzak; Jaquelyn Joubert-young; Abdelrahim Khamis; Curtis Watson; Joseph Scott; Babatunda Douglas; Dustin Boyle; Alfredo Luis Cruz; George Munn; Todd Dupont; Jerome Mundy; Benton Williams, Jr.; Eduardo Zuniga; Christopher Warren; Christopher Fields, Plaintiffs-appellees, v. SOC LLC, dba SOC Nevada LLC; SOC-SMG, Inc.; Day & Zimmermann, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Lerner (argued) and Tara M. Lee , White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C.; E. Leif Reid , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Reno, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

Scott E. Gizer (argued), Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge Collins


OPINION

Three private contractors providing war-zone security services to the Department of Defense (DOD) appeal a district court order remanding to Nevada state court this suit brought by a group of their employees who guarded DOD bases, equipment, and personnel in Iraq. Because the contractors met the...

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