· 4/28/1980
American Marine Corp. v. Highlands Insurance
Citations
- 446 U.S. 918
- 100 S. Ct. 1853
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- finding that service members who have an existing claim for benefits pending – or become eligible to apply for benefits – based on exposure to herbicides are members of the Nehmer class
- granting motion for class certification for class of veterans exposed to certain chemicals
- highlighting a key distinction between those courts and our appellate body when the Northern District of California determined that class members did not need to exhaust administrative remedies because, inter alia, a full record would be available through discovery
- exhaustion by one class member is sufficient
- explaining the difference in effective date
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