Fed Judge Overturn Oil & Gas Production Ban

In a 199 page opinion, a federal judge in New Mexico overturned an oil and gas production ban.

The oil and gas company argued that the ban amounted to an inverse condemnation, but the court did not overturn the ban on those grounds.

The Court relied on 1st amendment, invalidating the ban as it applies to state, but not local, lands.

SWEPI LP v. Mora County