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Judge says oil drilling ban amounted to end of lease
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Daily Breeze
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December 4, 2003
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HERMOSA BEACH:
There was no breach of contract, the ruling indicates. Mayor says
"the average person won."
y By Dennis Johnson
In what could be the final chapter of Hermosa Beach's oil drilling
saga, a Superior Court judge has ruled that the city is not liable in
a $100 million breach of contract claim filed by MacPherson Oil Co.
Conceding that the will of the citizens is stronger than a
decision by the City Council, Judge Soussan G. Bruguera ruled Tuesday
that a ban on oil drilling passed by voters in 1995 was an effective
and legal end to a slant-drilling lease held by the Santa Monica-
based petroleum company.
Because the power of Measure E supersedes that of the council, the
city did not ...
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