Case Name: John BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1995-05-10
Citations: 53 F.3d 1080
Docket Number: No. 93-16895
Parties: John BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: McKAY, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 53
Pages: 1080–1080

Head Matter:
John BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 93-16895.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted April 7, 1995.
Decided May 10, 1995.
Mark B. Stern, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, DC, Michael A. Hirst, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellant.
Richard Sherman, Victoria J. De Goff, De Goff and Sherman, Berkeley, CA, and John Echeverría, Walkup, Melodía, Kelly & Echeverría, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees John Bennett, et al.
James R. Pagliero, Pagliero, Carter & Bauer, Sacramento, CA, for intervenor-ap-pellee State Farm Fire & Cas.
Before: McKAY, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Hon. Monroe G. McKay, Senior United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
John Bennett and others sued the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. They alleged that the United States was negligent in controlling a forest fire that broke out in the Toiyabe National Forest, as a result of which they suffered damages. The district court denied the government's motion for summary judgment, and this appeal ensued.
We affirm for the reasons set forth in our opinion in Anderson v. United States, 55 F.3d 1379 (9th Cir.1995). We recognize that in Anderson it was alleged that the United States Forest Service both negligently set and negligently controlled the fire on its land, whereas here the claim is merely negligent control. However, as Anderson indicates, that is a distinction without a difference.
AFFIRMED.