Moonlight Fire

The Ninth Circuit <strong><a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/07/13/15-15799.pdf">ruled</a></strong> Thursday that timber giant Sierra Pacific and others can’t duck a settlement with the feds over the 2007 Moonlight Fire, finding the company didn’t prove that government misrepresentations made prior to the $55 million settlement amounted to fraud on the court.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that timber giant Sierra Pacific and others can’t duck a settlement with the feds over the 2007 Moonlight Fire, finding the company didn’t prove that government misrepresentations made prior to the $55 million settlement amounted to fraud on the court.

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