BROUDY v. MATHER

No. 05-50085.

460 F.3d 106 (2006)

Alice P. BROUDY, et al., Appellants v. Susan H. MATHER, in her Individual and Official Capacities, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Cynamon argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Douglas J. Rosinski.

Charles W. Scarborough, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant General Counsel, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Barbara L. Herwig, Attorney.

Before: GARLAND, BROWN and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge.

Between 1945 and 1962, hundreds of thousands of members of the United States armed forces were allegedly exposed to dangerous levels of atomic radiation: about 220,000 while serving as occupying forces in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the end World War II and another 195,000 as a result of their participation in tests conducted more recently by the military closer to home. Many...

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