RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal appellate judges on Tuesday heard arguments in case brought by a U.S. military contractor ordered by a lower court to pay $42 million for contributing to torture and mistreatment of three former detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison more than two decades ago.

The three-judge panel in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments and questioned attorneys for nearly an hour in the appeal brought by Reston, Virginia-based CACI, which is challenging last year’s civil lawsuit that led to a finding against it. The judges did not immediately issue a ruling. It’s not clear when an opinion could come.

The appeal centers on CACI’s challenge to the lower court’s jurisdiction.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asa’ad A

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