Legal Opinion
Haas v. Peake
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 8, 2008No. 2007-7037PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON; Dissenting opinion filed by District Judge FOGEL.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Beginning in 1962, the United States used herbicides such as Agent Orange in Vietnam for the purpose of “defoliation, crop destruction, and on a smaller scale, clearing vegetation around U.S. fire bases and other installations, around landing zones, and along lines of communication.” S.Rep. No. 100-439, at 64-65 (1988). Agent Orange consisted of an equal mixture by weight of two chemicals, 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5-triehlorophenoxyacetie acid. It also…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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