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Court rules for companies in “agent orange” case
Reuters
February 22, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a civil lawsuit against major U.S. chemical companies brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs over the use of dioxin, or “agent orange,” during the Vietnam War.
The decision was handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York involving a case brought against Dow Chemical Co, Monsanto Co and other companies that had earlier been dismissed by a U.S. District Court.
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