United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit involving veterans of the Vietnam War who contracted diseases after exposure to Agent Orange, a district court clarification and enforcement order is affirmed where the district court's interpretation of an earlier court-approved Stipulation and Order that settled a class action lawsuit brought by veterans of the Vietnam War was reasonable and correct.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2007
• Decided 07/19/2007
• Published 07/19/2007

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  STEPHEN REINHARDT, JOHN T. NOONAN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, William Kanter, Attorney, and John S. Koppel (argued), Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant., Kevin V. Ryan, United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Barton F. Stichman (argued), National Veterans Legal Services Program, Washington, DC, for the plaintiffs-appellees., Linda S. Peterson and Laboni A. Hoq, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.