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The settlement resolves claims that electrical lines negligently started fires in Oregon in 2020 and in California in 2020 and 2022, the DOJ said.
Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington are returning to court.
In a 106-page opinion, the judge found the president is entitled to “great deference” but had no legal basis for summoning the National Guard.
“The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts,” Immergut wrote.
“They know what we know, which is suddenly it flips from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market very quickly.”