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Legal Proceedings
6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2016
Legal Proceedings  
Legal Proceedings

 

Note 12 — Legal Proceedings

 

We are not a party to any material pending legal proceeding (including any governmental or environmental proceeding) other than routine litigation incidental to our business except for the following:

 

DynCorp International LLC v. AAR Airlift Group, Inc.

 

On November 5, 2015, AAR Airlift Group, Inc.  (“AAR Airlift”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AAR CORP. filed with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (the “Court”) a motion to dismiss a First Amended Complaint filed by DynCorp International LLC (“DynCorp”) alleging that AAR Airlift misappropriated DynCorp’s trade secrets in connection with the submission of proposals pursuant to the solicitation issued by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation (“INL/A”) in support of the Global Aviation Support Services (“GASS”) program which was subsequently awarded to AAR Airlift on September 1, 2016.

 

On January 14, 2016, the Court granted AAR Airlift’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint.  On February 2, 2016, DynCorp filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the “Court of Appeals”) with respect to the Court’s order on the motion to dismiss and other orders issued by the Court in this case. 

 

On November 21, 2016, the Court of Appeals reversed the Court’s dismissal of the First Amended Complaint and remanded the case to the Court for further proceedings. The parties have jointly asked the Court to hold a pre-trial conference in the first quarter of 2017 for the purpose of establishing a discovery schedule and addressing other pre-trial matters. AAR Airlift will continue to defend itself vigorously against DynCorp’s lawsuit, which it believes it entirely without merit.