Legal Opinion
In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 18, 1983No. MDL No. 381PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 43
GEORGE C. PRATT,* Circuit Judge.
In this multidistrict litigation, plaintiffs, Vietnam war veterans and members of *583their families, seek to recover for injuries allegedly suffered as a result of the veterans’ exposure to various herbicides, which defendants manufactured and supplied to the government for use in the Vietnam war. On April 29,1982, the court appointed Sol Schreiber as special master pursuant to FRCP 53, to supervise all pretrial discovery for the Phase I trial on the government contract defense, scheduled to commence in June 1983. Pretrial Order No. 35.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In Re Adele HalkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Cbs Inc. v. The Honorable Don J. Young, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re San Juan Star Company, Pedro Juan Soto v. Carlos Romero Barcelo, in Re Pedro Juan Soto, Pedro Juan Soto v. Carlos Romero Barcelo, Miguel Hernandez Agosto, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Leucadia, Inc. v. Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc., Richard I. Burstein, Proposed IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In Re Alexander Grant & Co. Litigation, (Esm-1). Appeal of News and Sun-Sentinel Co. And John EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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