Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal · ¶30
Still more, GEO's contrary view would put Yearsley in confict with the general rule that sovereign immunity is not transferrable to agents, including contractors, of a government. As Justice Holmes once explained, the Federal Government's immunity from a suit (absent a statute providing otherwise) “does not extend to those that act[ ] in its name.” Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emer gency Fleet Corporation, 258 U. S. 549, 568 (1922). The Court repeated that precept in the Term just before Year sley: “[T]he government does not become the conduit of its immunity in suits against its agents” just because “they do [the government's] work.” Keifer & Keifer v. Recon struction Finance Corporation, 306 U. S. 381, 388 (1939). Rather, the “exceptional freedom from legal responsibility” that sovereign immunity offers is “confined” to the sovereign entity itself. Ibid. Or…Read in context ›
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