Alan Metzgar v. KBR, Incorporated

How courts have described this case

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• observing that Taylor “adapted Baker to the government contractor context through a new two-factor test”
• noting that “when the jurisdictional facts are inextricably intertwined with those central to the merits, the district court should resolve the relevant factual disputes only after appropriate discovery”
• explaining that district court may consider materials outside pleadings when considering whether to dismiss claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
• holding contractor was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity if it adhered to the terms of its contract with the government
• reasoning that contractor’s “proximate causation defense” would not necessarily require court to evaluate the reasonableness of military decisions
• holding contractor was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity if it adhered to the terms of its contract with the government

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