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Judge rules against Administration; blocks 6-month moratorium on offshore drilling

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Posted by B 2010-06-22 13:56|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Here's the judge's order (minus the long list of plaintiffs):

"This Court . . .hereby finds: (1) that plaintiffs are substantially likely to prevail on the merits of their claim for the government defendants violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and its implementing regulations; (2) that, in the absence of the relief requested, plaintiffs will incur immediate and irreparable harm to business including the irretrievable loss of vessels useful life, loss of crews that have long been associated with their particular vessels, loss of shore-side teams and disruption of longstanding contractual relationships with offshore service vendors and other satellite services for the operation of its fleet, all of which is not subject to calculation; (3) that the irreparable harm to plaintiffs should the Court decline to grant the application for the relief requested outweighs the harm which the granting of such relief may cause to any legitimate interests of defendants; and (4) that the entry of this Order will serve the interests of justice and the public interest. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Honorable Kenneth Lee Ken Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of the Interior; United States Department of the Interior; Honorable Robert Bob Abbey, in his official capacity as Acting Director, Minerals Management Service; and the Minerals Management Service, their servants, agents, successor agencies, and employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them, who receive actual Notice of this Preliminary Injunction (collectively defendants), and until a full trial on the merits is had, are hereby immediately prohibited from enforcing the Moratorium, entitled Suspension of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Drilling of New Deepwater Wells, dated May 28, 2010, and NTL No. 2010-N04 seeking implementation of the Moratorium, as applied to all drilling on the OCS in water at depths greater than 500 feet;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants shall file with this Court and serve on plaintiffs within 21 days from the date of entry of this Preliminary Injunction a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which defendants have complied with the terms of this Preliminary Injunction."

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-22 15:12|| 2010-06-22 15:12|| Front Page Top

#2 just saw this on Fox news. Judge Napolitano says it's totally legit & ballsy.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-06-22 16:07|| 2010-06-22 16:07|| Front Page Top

#3 BEHOLD! Judicial sanity.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-22 18:45|| 2010-06-22 18:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Salazar Lied, Moratorium Died.

great sign

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-22 19:00|| 2010-06-22 19:00|| Front Page Top

#5 As a judge or as a mad scientist's hunchbacked assistant, you have to love Marty Feldman.

Posted by Penguin 2010-06-22 19:38|| 2010-06-22 19:38|| Front Page Top

#6 "The court is unable to divine or fathom a relationship between the findings and the immense scope of the moratorium,"

How about -

"This administration is inept and incapable of executing its duties and responsibilities, thus it is expected to take at least six months to extract our collective craniums from our rectal orifices to figure out what to do."

That appears clear and concise.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-06-22 21:41|| 2010-06-22 21:41|| Front Page Top

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