Legal Opinion
In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 10, 1987No. 1076, 1080, 1082, 1086, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1096, 1125, 1126 and 1257. Dockets 85-6061, 85-6143, 85-6145, 85-6151, 85-6167, 85-6287, 85-6289, 85-6293, 85-6295, 85-6375, 85-6377 and 86-6057PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants Dow Chemical Company, Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company, Hercules Incorporated, Monsanto Company, T H Agriculture & Nutrition Company, Inc., Thompson Chemicals Corporation and Uniroyal, Inc. (collectively the “chemical companies”) appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, Ch. J.) unsealing materials produced or generated during discovery in the Agent Orange litigation. The materials in question had been sealed pursuant to two prior protective orders of the district court.
In ordering the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Seattle Times Co. v. RhinehartSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation Mdl No. 381Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- In Re Adele HalkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Plummer v. Chemical BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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- DiRussa v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Citizens First National Bank of Princeton v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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