FORT VANCOUVER PLYWOOD CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-4143.

747 F.2d 547 (1984)

FORT VANCOUVER PLYWOOD CO., a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Batchelor, Spears, Lubersky, Campbell, Bledsoe, Anderson & Young, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

Anastasia Dritshulas, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before ANDERSON, SKOPIL and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


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 burn on the adjacent...

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