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Arizona sought an expedited hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a bid to reinstate provisions of a law requiring police to determine the immigration status of people stopped for questioning.

BP Plc objected to legislation that would bar the oil company from operating new drilling leases in U.S. waters, saying it could trigger job losses and threaten the nation’s energy security.

BP Plc, the U.S. and plaintiffs who filed hundreds of lawsuits seeking billions of dollars for damages stemming from the largest oil spill in U.S. history are fighting over where the cases should be heard first.