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U.S. District Court Dismisses Agent Orange Litigation, Finding International IJIW as of 1975 Did Not Bar Military Use of Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 99 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 710 - 712
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 Vietnam Assoc, for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chem. Co., MDL No. 381, 04-CV-400 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2005) (amended memorandum, order, and judgment), at <http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/Decisions_of_lnterest/>.

2 28 U.S.C. §1350(2000).

3 Statement of Interest of the United States (Jan. 12, 2005), quoted in Vietnam Assoc, for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chem. Co. at 65; see Glaberson, William, U.S. Urges Judge to Dismiss Suit on Chemical Use in Vietnam War, N.Y. Times, Feb. 28, 2005, at A17 Google Scholar.

4 304 F.Supp.2d 404 (E.D.N.Y. 2004).

5 818 F.2d 187(2dCir. 1987).

6 See Boyle v. United Techs. Corp., 487 U.S. 500, 512 (1988).

7 124 S.Ct. 2739(2004).

8 Vietnam Assoc, for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co. at 70 (quoting United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 124 S. Ct. 2739, 2759 (2004)).

9 See id. at 222 (“As plaintiffs argue, a consensus among nations may gradually solidify into recognized international law provided that such consensus is reflected in state practice accompanied by opinio juris. No such understanding or consensus existed with respect to herbicides prior to 1975—possibly in part because of the proportionality problem.”)

10 Id. at 212–14 (citations omitted).