Legal Opinion
In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 29, 1980No. MDL 381PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
INTRODUCTION 768
I. SUMMARY OF CLAIMS 769
II. GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS THIRD PARTY COMPLAINTS 769
A. FTCA AS A GENERAL WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY ’ 769
B. THE FERES DOCTRINE 770
C. THIRD PARTY ACTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT 778
D. FERES/STENCEL IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS ACTION 778
E. SHOULD FERES/STENCEL APPLY TO THIS ACTION? 773
F. DID PLAINTIFFS’ INJURIES ARISE OUT OF OR INCIDENT TO MILITARY SERVICE? 774
1. General Principles 773
2. Application of Feres/Stencel to Plaintiffs' Claims 776(a) Plaintiff Veterans’ Claims of Exposure 776(b) Post-Discharge Failure to Warn 777(c)…
2Cases cited83 opinions
- United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by117 opinions
- Hercules, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation Mdl No. 381Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- In Re Northern District of California, Dalkon Shield Iud Products Liability Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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