Hencely v. Fluor Corp. · ¶19

Fluor has not identified any provision of law expressly preempting Hencely's suit. No constitutional provision says it is preempted, and neither the Fourth Circuit nor Fluor suggests otherwise. Nor does any federal statute preempt this suit. Fluor cites only the FTCA's combatant-activities exception, §2680(j), which, this Court has explained, does not apply to suits against federal contractors, see United States v. Orleans, 425 U. S. 807, 813–814 (1976) (citing § 2671); accord, post, at 62–63. (Alito, J., dissenting).

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