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· 4/21/1987

In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation. Thomas Adams v. United States of America

Citations

  • 818 F.2d 201
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 5568

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that, where the decision challenged is “military, political and discretionary, it is imperative that a court look primarily to the cause of injury rather than to the character of a claimant” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • affirming dismissal of “direct” claims against the United States brought by wives and children of servieepersons

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Judges: Van Graafeiland, Winter, Miner

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