The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin et al. v. The Dow Chemical Company et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Judge Jack B. Weinstien, March 10, 2005 [dismissing a lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of Vietnamese that claimed American chemical companies committed war crimes by supplying the military with Agent Orange, a chemical agent containing dioxin, a highly toxic substance that causes cancer and birth defects]. Review the full memorandum opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.