• Vann v. Kempthorne

    Publication Date: 2008-08-06
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-29
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Griffith, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: Garret Rasmussen, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For appellees: Jonathan Velie, Velie & Velie, Norman, Okla.

    Case Number: 07-5024

    Argued May 6, 2008Before: TATEL, GARLAND, and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.The issue on appeal is the extent to which sovereign immunity prot