Hornbeck-Offshore-Services-v-Kenneth-Lee-Ken-Salazar Text of decision)

Scribd.com ^ | June 22, 2010 | Hon. Martin L. C. Feldman

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This case asks whether the federal government's imposition of a general moratiorium 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

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This is the full text of Judge Feldman's decision. Judge Feldman is really a heavy hitter in aras like this. For his full backgrond, please see:

http://www.aaas.org/spp/case/feldman.htm

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Yet Salazar is trying again. The efforts at imposing a moratorium alone are going to idle the rigs long enough to accomplish The Obama’s goal of killing the Gulf oil industry.