Oakland Loses Appeal on Coal Shipment Ban in Ninth Circuit

摘要

A judge’s ruling striking down an Oakland, Calif. ban on companies transporting coal through the city to a newlydeveloped rail-to-ship terminal was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday.The lower court properly treated the issue as a contract dispute rather than a question of administrative lawrequiring deference to the city’s findings, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.Oakland failed to adequately justify its ordinance on health and safety grounds, the lower court said in 2018,blocking the ban on coal shipments.