Hugo files suit against Oklahoma to overturn ban on water sales to Texas
MUSKOGEE — The city of Hugo sued the state today, seeking to overturn Oklahoma 's moratorium on selling water to Texas .
Hugo's impetus: A contract approved Thursday for the Choctaw County city to sell vast amounts of water to Irving , Texas.
The lawsuit, filed in Muskogee's federal courthouse, claims the moratorium violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
A similar lawsuit, fil...
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