A pair of siblings have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a California law that bans new oil wells within “health protection zones.” Brought under the Fifth Amendment, John and Melinda Morgan’s lawsuit centers on their mineral rights, as trustees of the Helen Leaf Hancock Trust, to oil-rich land in Santa Barbara County’s Cat Canyon oil…
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