California: Federal judge to decide fate of documents concerning origins of 2007 wildfire

A U.S. district judge will hear arguments on a challenge by the Sacramento Bee to the sealing of arguments in a legal dispute between the federal government and Sierra Pacific Industries over how a 2007 wildfire began and who should pay for the destruction.

Sierra Pacific disputes the contention that the fire was sparked by a bulldozer owned by  one of their contractors. -db

From the Sacramento Bee, January 19, 2012, by Denny Walsh.

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