Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal · ¶59
Yearsley does not implicate sovereign-dignity interests, either. Although GEO Group describes Yearsley as conferring “derivative sovereign immunity” on contractors, Brief for Petitioner 10, this label is a poor ft. Sovereign immunity protects governments from the indignity of being subjected to a court's jurisdiction. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, 506 U. S., at 146. We have never described the Yearsley doctrine in those terms, nor have we suggested that it limits courts' jurisdiction over contractors. Cf. Yearsley, 309 U. S., at 19 (noting without disagreement that the lower court exercised jurisdiction over the case); Campbell-Ewald Co., 577 U. S., at 165–166 (concluding that the lower court had jurisdiction over a case before determining whether Yearsley applied). Rather, Yearsley merely shields contractors from exposure for conduct that federal law authorized. I therefore…Read in context ›
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