Complex sentence: The university asked Judge Miller on July 1,2008 to lift a seventeen-month-old injunction preventing construction on the site of the grove, arguing that the university had satisfied all safety issues and was bearing severe economic hardship due to the delays.
Split into simpler sentences: The university asked Judge Miller on July 1,2008 to lift a seventeen-month-old injunction preventing construction on the site of the grove. They argue that because the university has satisfied all the safety issues and is bearing severe economic hardship due to the delays.