(Legal Newsline) — California Democratic state officials can't use state environmental law and rules to force a Santa Barbara oil pipeline to once again shut down, after a federal judge ruled President Donald Trump did not exceed his authority under federal law in clearing oil drilling and pipeline company Sable Offshore to resume operating the pipeline.
On Aug. 19, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson sided largely with Sable and the federal government in the oil company's ongoing legal fight with California over the attempts by the state government, under Gov. Gavin Newsom, to essentially veto the president's order and stop the flow of oil.
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