United States Fifth Circuit

Where the government approved precise specifications for Agent Orange to be produced by the defendant contractor, the Agent Orange conformed to those specifications, and since the government knew as much as, if not more than, the contractor about the dangers of Agent Orange, summary judgment for contractor based on the military contractor defense theory was proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2002
• Published 01/29/2002

Judges

• REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, BARKSDALE and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Benton Musslewhite,Newton Boris Schwartz, Sr., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Michael Mackin Gordon, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, for Diamond Shamrock Co. and Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co., Steven R. Brock, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, for Dow Chemical Co., John Carl Sabetta, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, New York City, for Monsanto Co., Myron Kalish, Parker, Duryee, Rosoff & Haft, New York City, for Uniroyal, Inc., William Krohley, Kelley, Dyre & Warren, New York City, for Hercules Inc., Lawrence Thomas D'Aloise, Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, NY, for Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co. and T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co., Inc.