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· 4/28/1980

American Marine Corp. v. Highlands Insurance

Citations

  • 446 U.S. 918
  • 100 S. Ct. 1853

How courts have described this case

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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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