On March 18, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (the Court) heard oral argument in Al Shimari v. CACI et al. The case concerns four former Iraqi detainees who claim they were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison by the U.S. military contractor, CACI International. A district court judge had previously dismissed the case, finding that the Alien Tort Statute could not apply to violations occurring outside the United States, and that the remaining common law claims were barred because Iraqi law applied.