Towle v. Department of Fish & Wildlife

How courts have described this case

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• noting that con- clusions of law are reviewed de novo
• reviewing mixed questions of law and fact regarding proxi- mate cause
• “[I]f the district court’s findings are plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety, the appellate court cannot reverse even if it is convinced it would have found differently.”
• “That trial judges in American Samoa tend to award lesser sums than those in Texas or California no more suggests that awards in Samoa should be higher than that those in Texas should be lower.”
• internal quotes and cites omitted; 2 emphasis added throughout unless otherwise indicated

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