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September 2, 2010

Judge Rejects Dismissal of Suit to Overturn Drilling Ban
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A federal judge has rejected the Obama administration’s attempt to
dismiss an energy industry lawsuit challenging the six-month ban on
deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The White House reimposed
the ban in July after the same judge struck it down the month before.
The judge, Martin Feldman, has extensive energy industry financial ties.
On Wednesday, Feldman ruled the suit can proceed because the new
moratorium doesn’t differ in substance from the first.



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