On July 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided the case of United States v. Sierra Pacific Industries, et al. This is referred to as the “Moonlight Fire” case. The Ninth Circuit ...

WASHINGTON – When the country’s second-largest lumber producer tries to take the U.S. Justice Department to the Supreme Court over a forest fire that started under the distracted gaze of a watchtower ...

QUINCY, Calif. (CN) - California cannot recoup millions from a logging company for a 2007 wildfire that charred over 100 square miles of forest, a Plumas County judge ruled. State and federal ...

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 ...

When the country’s second-largest lumber producer tries to take the U.S. Justice Department to the Supreme Court over a forest fire that started under the distracted gaze of a watchtower forester – ...

After a decade of fighting the Department of Justice about their role in the 2007 Moonlight Fire, billionaire Red Emmerson and his timber outfit, Sierra Pacific Industries, have lost again. The ...

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Smoke from the Moonlight Fire obscures the view of the Plumas National Forest in September 2007. The federal government blames timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries and a subcontractor for ...

WASHINGTON -- When the country’s second-largest lumber producer tries to take the U.S. Justice Department to the Supreme Court over a forest fire that started under the distracted gaze of a watchtower ...

WASHINGTON – When the country’s second-largest lumber producer tries to take the U.S. Justice Department to the Supreme Court over a forest fire that started under the distracted gaze of a watchtower ...