Legal Opinion
Vietnam Ass'n for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 10, 2005No. Nos. MDL 381, 04-CV-400PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM, ORDER and JUDGMENT
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
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I.Introduction
This case involves claims by Vietnamese nationals and an organization, The Vietnamese Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (“VAVAO”), for harms allegedly done to them and their land by the United States’ use of Agent Orange and other herbicides during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1971 and the South Vietnamese government’s subsequent use of such herbicides until 1975. They allege that the manufacturer-defendants are responsible under domestic tort law and…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2005
- Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008