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HAMMOND v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1339.

786 F.2d 8 (1986)

Mary E. HAMMOND, Individually and Mary E. Hammond as She Is the Executrix of the Estate of Charles E. Hammond, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Alpert, P.C., Boston, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

Leon B. Taranto, Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Jeffrey Axelrad, Director, Torts Branch, Paul F. Figley, Asst. Director, Torts Branch, Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., and William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a constitutional challenge to the retroactive application of a federal statute, 42 U.S.C. § 2212, that substitutes the United States as defendant in all suits against private contractors to the government for radiation injuries arising from any of the United States atomic weapons testing programs, and makes the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, the sole remedy for those injuries.

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