Iraq: 9th Circuit Court Overturns $85M Award for Oregon Soldiers

May 14, 2015 | Lynne Terry, The Oregonian
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The 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out a landmark verdict that a dozen Oregon Army National Guardsmen won against a defense contractor they said exposed them to a toxic chemical during the Iraq War. The San Francisco-based court did not address the issues in the case. Rather, KBR successfully argued that U.S. District Court in Portland, where the trial was held in 2012, was not the proper jurisdiction.