The Interior Department must continue defending its approval of a wind project offshore of Maryland despite the government shutdown, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The decision from the US District Court for the District of Maryland was paperless and didn’t provide reasoning.
The government moved to pause the case Thursday “in light of the lapse of appropriations” for the Justice Department—a request that has been sent to multiple courts since Sept. 30 for a litany of cases.
US Wind opposed the stay request, saying there’s a “set of exigent circumstances ...
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