Law360, New York (July 01, 2009) -- A federal appeals court has tossed a suit over Shell Offshore Inc.'s drilling plan in Alaska's Beaufort Sea in light of Shell's announcement that it had scrapped the original plan and would replace it with a reduced exploration plan.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed an environmental coalition's challenge of the Minerals Management Service's approval of Shell's 2007-2009 plan of exploration....
