'' Hornbeck Offshore Services v. Salazar '' is an ongoing case in United States federal court . In the wake of the '' Deepwater Horizon '' explosion and the subsequent oil spill , the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water . Plaintiffs filed suit challenging the moratorium
subsequent oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar