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Appellate Practice

Jan. 1, 2003

Appeals Court Affirms $5 Fee to Use Forests

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial $5 use fee for national forests across the country but said that hikers and bikers can be charged only with infractions, and not misdemeanors, for defying the law.

        LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial $5 use fee for national forests across the country but said that hikers and bikers can be charged only with infractions, and not misdemeanors, for defying the law.
        Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharon K. McCaslin said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal decision was the first appellate decision sustaining the so-called ...

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