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Published: August 8, 2008
Hugo files suit against Oklahoma to overturn ban on water sales to Texas
By Tony Thornton

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, filed...

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