1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 630 F.3d
  5. 630 F.3d 1245 (2011)
 

GREEN v. U.S.

No. 09-16180.

630 F.3d 1245 (2011)

Gregory G. GREEN; Victoria D. Green, husband and wife; Silver Starr De Varona; John Elbert Ervin, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Munger , Adriane J. Parsons , Munger Chadwick, P.L.C., Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Dennis K. Burke , Christina M. Cabanillas , Charles A. Davis , Tucson, AZ, for the defendant-appellee.

Opinion by Judge BEA; Concurrence by Judge B. FLETCHER.

OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether statutory qualified immunity protects the U.S. Forest Service's ("Forest Service") failure to notify nearby private property owners that it intended to light a "backfire"1 to fight a wildfire and its failure to notify property owners that the backfire had exceeded Forest Service boundaries near their private properties. Gregory and Victoria Green, Silver Starr...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases