IN RE AGENT ORANGE PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine P. Kokkoris, Esq., by Constantine P. Kokkoris, Esq., Moore & Goodman, LLP, by Jonathan C. Moore, Esq., William H. Goodman, Esq., David Milton, Esq., New York, NY, Law Offices of Kathleen A. Melez, by Kathleen A. Melez, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, Cartee & Morris, LLC, by Jonathan W. Cartee, Esq., R. Stan Morris, Esq., Shelby Roden LLC, by Robert B. Roden, Esq., Davis & Norris, LLP, by Frank Davis, Esq., John E. Norris, Esq., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Rivkin Radler LLP, by Steven Brock, Esq., James V. Aiosa, Esq., Uniondale, NY, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, by James L. Stengel, Esq., Laurie Strauch Weiss, Esq., Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, by Andrew Frey, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant The Dow Chemical Company.

King & Spalding LLP, by Michael M. Gordon, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendants Occidental Chemical Corporation, as successor by merger to Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company; Maxus Energy Corporation; Tierra Solutions, Inc., formerly known as Chemical Land Holdings, Inc.; and Valero Energy Corporation, as successor by merger to Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, by John C. Sabetta, Esq., New York, NY, Latham & Watkins LLP, by James E. Tyrrell, Esq., Newark, NJ, Latham & Watkins LLP, by Richard P. Bress, Esq., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, by Joseph R. Guerra, Esq., Washington, DC, for Defendants Monsanto Company and Monsanto Chemical Company.

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, by William A. Krohley, Esq., William C. Heck, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant Hercules Incorporated.

Myron Kalish, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendants Uniroyal, Inc.; Uniroyal Chemical Holding Company; Uniroyal Chemical Acquisition Corporation; Uniroyal Chemical Co.; and CDU Holding, Inc.

Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C., by Lawrence T. D'Aloise, Esq., White Plains, NY, for Defendants T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc.; Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co.; and Harcros Chemicals Inc.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, by Anne E. Cohen, Esq., Anthea E. Roberts, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendants Hooker Chemical Corporation; Hooker Chemical Far East Corporation; and Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.

McDermott Will & Emery, by Chryssa V. Valletta, Esq., New York, NY, McDermott Will & Emery, by Steven H. Hoeft, Esq., Chicago, IL, for Defendant Riverdale Chemical Company.

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, by Daniel Meron, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Joseph H. Hunt, Branch Director, Vincent M. Garvey, Deputy Branch Director, Ori Lev, Esq., Washington, DC, Roslynn Mauskopf, United States Attorney, by Roslynn Mauskopf, United States Attorney, Kathleen Mahoney, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, for the United States.

Center for Constitutional Rights, by Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Jennifer Green, Esq., Beth Stephens, Esq., New York, NY, Earthrights International, by Rick Herz, Esq., Tyler Giannini, Esq., Washington, DC, International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, by Professor Deena Hurwitz, Esq., Charlottesville, VA, for Amici Curiae.

                              Table of Contents

   I.  Introduction .....................................................................15
       A.  Domestic Law Tort Claims Defeated by Government Contractor
             Defense ....................................................................15
       B.  International Law Claims .........

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                

                            
                            

                                

                                    

                                        

                                        

                                        

                                    
                                
                                

                                    
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