Legal Opinion
In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 11, 1985No. MDL No. 381 (JBW)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND JUDGMENT
WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs, Vietnam War veterans and members of their families, sue the United States government to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered as a result of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. The government has moved to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment in cases in which it is the only defendant as well as in cases in which it is named as a defendant along with the manufacturers of Agent Orange. For the reasons indicated, the motion must be granted.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY IN BRIEF
The history of the “Agent Orange”…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- United States v. John W. DowningCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- St. Louis Baptist Temple, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985