Companies in the oil and gas industry are taking Los Angeles to court over the city's ban on oil and gas drilling.

Legal action has been taken against the City of Los Angeles by an oil business with operations in the Wilmington area as a result of the City's statute prohibiting the construction of new wells and phasing out drilling altogether. Warren Resources, the company that runs the 10-acre oil-extraction site, filed a lawsuit against the ordinance's implementation on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The corporation claimed the municipali....