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ADAMS v. U.S.

Nos. 10-35458, 10-35592, 10-35611.

658 F.3d 928 (2011)

Timm ADAMS, Plaintiff, and Clinger Grower Group; Funk Grower Group; Hansen Grower Group; Jentzch-Kearl Grower Group, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, and E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Defendant-Appellant. Timm Adams, Plaintiff, and Clinger Grower Group; Funk Grower Group; Hansen Grower Group; Jentzch-Kearl Grower Group, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United States of America, Defendant, and E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Defendant-Appellee. Timm Adams, Plaintiff, and Clinger Grower Group; Funk Grower Group; Hansen Grower Group; Jentzch-Kearl Grower Group, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellant, and E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Houtsma , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO, Steven B. Andersen , Walter H. Bithell , Amanda K. Brailsford , Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, ID, for plaintiffs-appellees Clinger Grower Group, Funk Grower Group, Hansen Grower Group, Jentzch-Kearl Grower Group, et al.

Tony West , United States Assistant Attorney General, Wendy J. Olson , United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern , Mark R. Freeman , United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., for defendant-appellant United States.

Before: BETTY B. FLETCHER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

In 1999 and 2000, the federal Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") applied the herbicide Oust to approximately 70,000 acres of federal lands in South Central Idaho in an effort to combat a devastating wildfire cycle. Wind carried some of the Oust off the federal land and onto privately owned farmland nearby. The herbicide caused significant damage to the crops on these farmlands. The Plaintiffs in this case, 134 farmers whose crops...

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