SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The fight over the government’s demand that the Drakes Bay Oyster Company close up shop at the Point Reyes National Seashore heads Tuesday to a final appeal to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The court was scheduled to hear from the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, and the owner of the oyster farm, Kevin Lunny, will respond on Thursday. After that, the court could rule on Lunny’s request for an injunction blocking his eviction.
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