SOUTHFIELD (AP) — A Detroit suburb is seeking to stop a northern Michigan company from drilling an oil well on property owned by a megachurch.
A judge signed a temporary restraining order last Friday prohibiting Jordan Development from starting any work at Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield.
The city filed a lawsuit last Friday against the company which was granted a permit to drill by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
The city says the restraining order is in effect until a March 16 hearing in Oakland County Circuit Court. The city says it will seek a preliminary injunction to stop the drilling.
Southfield has a moratorium in place that prohibits oil drilling and mining through April 28.
- Posted March 16, 2016
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City sues to stop oil drilling on church land
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