Legal Opinion
In Re Consolidated United States Atmospheric Testing Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 19, 1985No. C-84-0022-WWSPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Before the Court are forty-three consolidated actions asserting claims arising out of alleged exposure to nuclear radiation resulting from the bombing of Hiroshima or subsequent atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Most of the persons on whose behalf actions are brought were members of the military at the time of their alleged exposure. 1 Others participated in nuclear weapons tests as civilians. 2 Defendants are the United States government and contractors who participated in the nuclear weapons testing program. 3
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2Cases cited60 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Mary E. Hammond, Individually and Mary E. Hammond as She is the of the Estate of Charles E. Hammond v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Irene H. Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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