Panel Denies Fracking Trade Group’s Bid To Expedite Dispute Over Lease Sales

Mealey's (March 25, 2022, 2:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 8 denied a motion to expedite consideration of an appeal regarding the vacatur of a federal lease sale for hydraulic fracturing in the Gulf of Mexico, saying an expedited process was “unwarranted” because the government may still award leases if the appellate court reverses the lower court’s decision after June 30....