NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Obama administration didn’t violate an order by a judge who struck down its temporary moratorium on deep water drilling after BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal appeals court has ruled.

A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s civil contempt finding against the Interior Department. The divided panel’s majority opinion concludes Interior officials took steps to avoid the effect of an injunction issued by Feldman but didn’t violate it.