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Oyster farm employee Scott Yancy celebrated the decision on Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow farm owner Kevin Lunny to continue operating in Drakes Estero until May, when that court will hear Mr. Lunny’s request for an injunction. David Briggs

Drake’s Bay Oyster Company will live to fight another day. An appellate court on Monday ordered the Obama administration to allow oyster farming to continue in Drakes Estero just days before a government deadline would have forced the cannery to shut down. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it granted oysterman Kevin Lunny . . .

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