The lawsuit was brought on behalf of five men who said they had been forcibly abducted and transferred to secret prisons abroad, where they were interrogated under torture and were not protected by US law.
It charged that US-based Jeppesen had knowingly participated in the "extraordinary rendition" program launched by President George W. Bush's administration after the September 11, 2001 attacks by helping the Central Intelligence Agency transport terror suspects to ttorture sites.
The court's decision to rehear the case voided its April ruling. If the court rules in favor of the government's argument, the plaintiffs could still appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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