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IN RE "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 381.

475 F.Supp. 928 (1979)

In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

August 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schlegel & Trafelet, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., O'Hagan, Reilly & Gorman, Islip, N. Y., Leonard L. Rivkin, Rivkin, Leff & Sherman, Garden City, N. Y., Howard J. Trienens, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Morton B. Silberman, Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, N. Y., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Ronald S. Daniels, Townley & Updike, Bud G. Holman, William A. Krohley, Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York City, Baker & McKenzie, L. Steven Platt, Sullivan & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Cyril Hyman, Asst. U. S. Atty. for the Eastern District, N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendants.

Yannacone & Yannacone, P. C., Patchogue, N. Y., for all plaintiffs (except Kahler v. Dow et al.).

David Jaroslawicz, New York City, for plaintiff Kahler.

Joseph C. Zengerle, III, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, The Council of Vietnam Vets.

GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge.

On July 18, 1979, the court heard oral argument on various motions. Set forth below are the court's rulings on these motions.

MOTION BY NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES FOR DISMISSAL OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendant Northwest Industries, Inc. moves in all cases except Kahler v. Dow, 79 C 922,1 for dismissal under FRCP 12(b)(6) or summary judgment under FRCP 56, arguing

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