Acuna v. Brown & Root Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “Congress intended to create an exclusive federal cause 11 Case: 18-15104 Date Filed: 08/31/2020 Page: 12 of 17 of action for torts arising out of nuclear incidents”
• action involved approximately 1,600 plaintiffs suing over 100 defendants for injuries alleged to have occurred over four decades
• claims of more than one thousand plaintiffs who either worked in uranium mines or processing plants and were exposed to radiation or uranium dust, or were exposed through contact with those workers or through environmental factors like wind and groundwater
• discussing use of Lone Pine orders in mass tort litigation
• discussing use of Lone Pine orders in mass tort litigation
• discussing use of Lone Pine orders in mass tort litigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

141 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Manguno v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-08· cited 1,187×
• Jennifer Gasch and Tammy Gasch, as Next Friend to Z.G., a Minor v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company and Karen Frazier
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-06-28· cited 540×
• Tony Mumfrey v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-06-10· cited 336×
• Avila v. Willits Environmental Remediation Trust
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-27· cited 304×
• In Re Hot-Hed Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-01-30· cited 149×
• Vantage Drilling Company v. Hsin-Chi Su
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-07· cited 146×
• In Re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI)
  Third Circuit· 2013-05-31· cited 95×
• Steering Committee v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-18· cited 91×
• African Methodist Episcopal v. Willard Lucien, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-06-30· cited 84×
• Magaly Pinares v. United Technologies Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-10-06· cited 82×
• Lorita Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-03-22· cited 80×
• Martinez v. City of San Antonio
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2001-01-31· cited 77×
• Jim Hood v. JP Morgan Chase & Company, et a
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-12-02· cited 74×
• Howard Zeringue v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-01-20· cited 69×
• Antero Resources Corp. v. Strudley
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2015-04-20· cited 66×
• In Re Silica Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. Texas· 2005-06-30· cited 52×
• United States v. Samaniego
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-09-19· cited 36×
• Dier v. Merck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-07-16· cited 29×
• In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation
  E.D. Louisiana· 2008-05-30· cited 27×
• Simeone v. Girard City Board of Education
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2007-04-13· cited 26×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-28· cited 8,052×
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 2,202×
• Donald J. Willy, and George A. Young v. The Coastal Corp., Coastal States Management Co., Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-09-29· cited 371×
• Frank Landry v. Air Line Pilots Association International Afl-Cio, Taca Airlines, S.A. And Charles J. Huttinger
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-04-27· cited 315×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Conner
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-07-01· cited 197×
• Anthony J. Nieman v. Nlo, Inc. And Nl Industries, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-03-19· cited 195×
• Beanal v. Freeport-McMoran, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-11-29· cited 149×
• Brannon v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.
  Third Circuit· 1991-07-26· cited 130×
• Roberts v. Florida Power & Light Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-07-22· cited 81×
• Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Farley
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-06-25· cited 70×
• Greg E. Crawford v. Falcon Drilling Company, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-12-18· cited 65×
• In Re Cincinnati Radiation Litigation
  S.D. Ohio· 1995-01-11· cited 43×
• Carolina Vasquez v. Alto Bonito Gravel Plant Corporation and Caterpillar, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-07-03· cited 37×
• Fournier v. Textron, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-11-15· cited 20×
• Gilberg v. Stepan Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1998-08-20· cited 16×
• Carey v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1999-08-18· cited 14×