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IN RE AGENT ORANGE PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 381, 79-C-747.

611 F.Supp. 1396 (1985)

In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION, Michael F. RYAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Schlegel, Schlegel & Trafelet, Ltd., Chicago, Ill.; Thomas Henderson, Henderson & Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Phillip E. Brown, Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, San Francisco, Cal.; Stanley Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio; John Q. O'Quinn, O'Quinn and Hagans, Houston, Tex.; Neil R. Peterson and Gene Locks, Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, Pa.; Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, Tex.; Irving Like, Reilly, Like & Schneider, Babylon, N.Y.; David J. Dean, Dean, Falanga & Rose, Carle Place, N.Y.; Aaron Twerski, Hempstead, N.Y., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Leonard Rivkin, Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, Garden City, N.Y.; Philip Pakula, Townley & Updike, New York City; Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City; William Krohley, Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York City; Thomas Beck, Arthur, Dry & Kalish, New York City; Bruce Hecker, Shea & Gould, New York City, of counsel; David R. Gross, Budd, Larner, Kent, Gross, Picillo & Rosenbaum, New York City; Paul V. Esposito, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, Ill.; Henry G. Miller, Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, N.Y., for defendants.

Arvin Maskin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for third-party defendant U.S.

MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND JUDGMENT ON DISTRIBUTION OF THE SETTLEMENT FUND

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I. INTRODUCTON ...........................................  1399

  II. LEGAL STANDARDS FOR FUND DISTRIBUTION                    1402

 III. COMPARISON OF VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR
      DISTRIBUTION ..........................................  1403

      A. Postpone Distribution Until the United States
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