Legal Opinion
Loughlin v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 10, 2003No. CIV.A.02-0152 ESHPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HUVELLE, District Judge.
During the First World War, the United States Army began an intensive effort to develop and test new instruments of war, including chemical weapons. A significant portion of this research was conducted at the American University Experiment Station (AUES) in the District of Columbia’s Spring Valley neighborhood. Although the Army vacated AUES soon after the war ended, it left behind a buried cache of chemical munitions and various other toxic materials associated with gas warfare. For decades the residents of Spring Valley remained unaware that these…
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