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Gulf Drilling Moratorium Struck Down

By Pamela

A New Orleans federal judge has lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history.  The ruling in the case of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, 2:10-cv-01663, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans) is reported here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-22/u-s-deepwater-oil-drilling-ban-lifted-today-by-new-orleans-federal-judge.html.

The order and reasoning can be found here: http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/GENERAL/Notices/10-1663_doc67.pdf.

The amicus brief filed by Louisiana Governor Jindal can be found here: http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/docs/Amicus%20Brief.pdf.

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Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).