The oil and gas industry recently received an unexpected surprise in New Mexico. There, in Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment v. Jewell (Dine CARE), a federal court denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to block horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in New Mexico’s Mancos Shale based on a strict application of traditional legal standards for preliminary injunctions.
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Courts May Be Shifting Review Of Preliminary Injunctions
September 21, 2015
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