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These cases were brought by persons who were downwind from atomic bomb test sites. They alleged that they were injured by the fallout, and that the government was negligent and should compensate them. The lower court agreed, but the appeals court found that the government had acted intentionally and thus was immune under the discretionary authority provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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