Ryan v. Dow Chemical Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the military contractor defense merely establishes a federal standard of care necessary to avoid liability, not a federal defense
• finding that defendants could not remove case pursuant to § 1442(a)(1
• questioning the application of the military contractor defense for manufacturer of Agent Orange, but finding “colorable claim” under the DPA despite tort action
• finding that defendants could not remove under § 1442(a)(1
• “[R]emoval is not appropriate when [a] civil or criminal suit brought in state court has only a speculative impact on [federal] policy.”
• “[A] person or corporation establishing only that the relevant acts occurred under the general auspices of a federal office or officer is not entitled to section 1442(a)(1) removal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).