Legal Opinion
Fort Vancouver Plywood Co., a Washington Corporation v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1984No. 83-4143PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
In 1977 the Fort Vancouver Plywood Company (“Fort Vancouver”) entered into a timber sales contract with the United States Forest Service. After most of the timber was cut and bucked, but before it was removed, it was destroyed by fire as it lay on the ground.
The fire began on a site adjacent to the site where Fort Vancouver was operating. The Forest Service was conducting a slash bum on the adjacent site. The fire swept through Fort Vancouver’s sale, destroying both cut and standing timber.
In September 1981 Fort Vancouver submitted a claim for…
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