Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal
Decided February 25, 2026. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24-758
Holding
Because the Court’s decision in Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Constr. Co., 309 U. S. 18 (1940), provides federal contractors a potential merits defense rather than an immunity from suit, a pretrial order denying Yearsley protection is not immediately appealable.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Concurring · 1
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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