Legal Opinion
Laswell v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1982No. 81-1768PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case presents a recurring problem of intramilitary immunity. Plaintiffs-appellants seek damages, among other claims, for the disability and eventual death of their husband and father, Charles Laswell. The plaintiffs claim that Laswell was exposed to low-level ionizing radiation as part of this country’s atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program while he was on active duty in the South Pacific after World War II.
The district court1 sustained the defendants’ motion to dismiss concluding that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction and that the…
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