State of Washington v. Crown Resources (9th Cir. - Sept. 29, 2026)

Rarely is the Ninth Circuit's reversal of a district court's decision so obviously correct as this one by Judge Fletcher.

Of course there's no privity here. Of course the (self-serving) settlement by the citizen group doesn't bar the contemporaneous related claim by the State of Washington, which didn't even know about, much less approve of, the settlement talks between the other parties.

Totally and completely right.