64 Wash. 2d 340 - State v. Loertscher’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1991
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Any land in the state covered wholly or in part by inflammable debris created by logging or other forest operations, land clearing, or right-of-way clearing and which by reason of such condition is likely to further the spread of fire and thereby endanger life or property, shall constitute a fire hazard .... If the state shall incur any expense from fire fighting made necessary by reason of such hazard, it may recover the cost thereof from the person responsible for the existence of such hazard or the owner of the land upon which such hazard existed . . ..”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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