Lawrence M. Bareford, Individually v. General Dynamics Corporation, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.
We must grapple with the federal government’s invocation of the state secret doctrine to a manufacturing and design defect suit against the manufacturer of a military weapons system. We are persuaded that plaintiffs would be unable to prove their case without classified information and that the very subject matter of the trial is a state secret. We affirm the district court’s dismissal.
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