Nehmer v. Veterans' Administration

284 F.3d 1158 Beverly NEHMER; Claude Washington; Linda Wagenmakers; Robert Fazio; George Claxton; Julio Gonzales; Paul R. Jensen; William Madden; David Maier; Bruce Miller; Vietnam Veterans of America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OF the GOVERNMENT OF the UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 01-15325. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 11, 2002. Filed April 1, 2002. Stuart E. Schiffer, Robert S. Mueller, III, United States Attorney, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants. William Kanter, John. S. Koppel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants. Barton F. Stichman, Louis J. George, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Washington, DC, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge, Presiding. Before D.W. NELSON, NOONAN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 In this case we must interpret the requirements of a court-approved Stipulation and Order setting forth some of the United States Government's ongoing responsibilities to Vietnam veterans exposed to…