Legal Opinion
In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 14, 1979No. MDL 381PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge.
On July 18, 1979, the court heard oral argument on various motions. Set forth below are the court’s rulings on these motions.
MOTION BY NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES FOR DISMISSAL OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Defendant Northwest Industries, Inc. moves in all cases except Kahler v. Dow, 79 C 922, 1 for dismissal under FRCP 12(b)(6) or summary judgment under FRCP 56, argu ing that it neither sold nor manufactured the chemicals which are the subject of this suit. Along with its dismissal and summary judgment motions (which are unopposed) defendant Northwest has submitted to the court…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wheeldin v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by27 opinions
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- Friends of Santa Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1995
- Coshow v. City of EscondidoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
- Gordon v. Raven Systems & Research, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2005
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