STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

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Case Number:

1:16-cv-01534

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Environmental Matters

Judge:

James E. Boasberg

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  1. June 20, 2017

    Sioux Group In Pipeline Suit After Ditching Trump Claims

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday allowed several Sioux tribe members to join a challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline after they agreed to drop President Donald Trump as a target of their claims so as not to expand the dispute.

  2. June 15, 2017

    Dakota Access Pipeline To Get Deeper Enviro Review

    A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's environmental review of Energy Transfer Partners unit Dakota Access LLC's controversial crude oil pipeline was not entirely up to snuff, but did not yet decide whether to halt the pipeline's operation as the agency works to fix the deficiencies.

  3. May 25, 2017

    Sioux Say They Belong In Dakota Access Pipeline Suit

    A group of Sioux tribe members on Wednesday pressed a D.C. federal judge to let them take part in a challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, saying that they may be needed in the suit to preserve claims that the pipeline violates their religious rights.

  4. May 08, 2017

    Tribe, Corps Rip Dakota Access' Doc Request In Pipeline Row

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe each slammed Dakota Access LLC's contention in D.C. federal court that the Corps has produced a "woefully deficient" administrative record in a case challenging the company's controversial pipeline, and that a more complete one would prove "political interference."

  5. April 21, 2017

    Corps, Dakota Access Try To Nix Cheyenne Sioux Claims

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dakota Access LLC each pressed a D.C. federal judge Thursday to toss claims in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's challenge to the Corps' approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline, with the agency saying it didn’t violate any federal trust duty to the tribe.

  6. April 07, 2017

    Dakota Access Mostly Loses Bid To Shield Suit Documents

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday mostly rejected a request by the Energy Transfer Partners unit behind the Dakota Access pipeline to shield parts of certain documents in litigation challenging the controversial project out of concern that the information could be used by terrorists seeking to target it.

  7. April 05, 2017

    BNP Paribas Yanking Funding From Dakota Access Pipeline

    BNP Paribas on Wednesday became the third bank to announce the sale of its share in the loan financing the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, citing "an extended and comprehensive review of the project, including consultation with all the relevant stakeholders."

  8. March 28, 2017

    Sioux Can't Step Into Dakota Pipeline Row, Army Corps Says

    The U.S. Army Corps urged a D.C. federal judge Monday not to allow a group of Sioux tribe members to step into a challenge to the agency's approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, arguing that the members are already adequately represented by two tribes and that claims against President Donald Trump would slow down the case.

  9. March 24, 2017

    Army Corps Says Dakota Access OKs On Solid Ground

    The Army Corps of Engineers urged a D.C. federal judge on Thursday to reject the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's challenge to the agency's approvals for the Dakota Access pipeline to be built under a North Dakota lake, saying the agency consulted for years with the tribe and relied on strong evidence to support its decisions.

  10. March 21, 2017

    Dakota Access Says Pipeline Hit With 'Coordinated Attacks'

    Dakota Access LLC filed a heavily redacted report with a D.C. federal court Monday about the progress of its nearly completed pipeline on federal land in North Dakota, saying most of the document had to be filed under seal because of "recent coordinated physical attacks along the pipeline" threatening "life, physical safety, and the environment."

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