Legal Opinion
Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 22, 2010No. CIV.A.10-1663PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
Martin L. C. FELDMAN, District Judge.
This case asks whether the federal government’s imposition of a general moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico was imposed contrary to law. Before the Court is the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED.
Background
The plaintiffs in this case provide a myriad of services to support offshore oil and gas drilling, exploration, and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico’s Outer Continental Shelf. 1 They challenge the six-month moratorium on offshore drilling…
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