( September 11, 2025, 4:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a pair of amicus curiae briefs filed Sept. 11, former U.S. attorneys general and military leaders urged the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt an expanded reading of 2011 amendments to the federal officer removal statute as a means of ensuring that private companies are willing to work with the federal government without the threat of being sued decades later. The case involves whether lawsuits against oil companies for conduct related to drilling for oil during World War II belong in state or federal court....