Judge:  Oil Company’s Due Process Claim Against County Fails In Drilling Permit Row

( December 21, 2023, 2:09 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California has ruled that a decision by municipal authorities that nullified an oil company’s zoning clearance to conduct drilling operations stands because the company failed “to provide any admissible evidence to overcome the presumption of honesty and integrity of the adjudicatory process.”  The clearance was nullified, partly, after a federal agency discovered that drilling activities had contaminated local aquifers....

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