SOLENEX LLC v. BERNHARDT et al

  1. September 16, 2016

    Enviro, Tribal Groups Want Answer On Joining Oil Lease Suit

    Six environmental and Native American nonprofits asked a District of Columbia federal court on Thursday to make a decision about whether they can join Solenex LLC's challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to cancel its oil and gas lease.

  2. September 13, 2016

    Solenex Seeks To Restore Oil Lease Canceled By DOI

    Solenex LLC urged a D.C. federal court Monday to restore the company's oil and gas lease on lands considered sacred by the Blackfeet Nation, calling the U.S. Department of the Interior's cancellation of the lease earlier this year unlawful.

  3. June 06, 2016

    Enviro, Tribal Groups Say It's Time They Enter Drilling Row

    Environmental and Native American groups should now be able to wade into an energy firm's challenge of the government's cancellation of the company's drilling lease because the suit has changed focus, the groups told a D.C. federal court Friday in another bid to intervene.

  4. May 31, 2016

    Solenex Doesn't Want Enviro, Tribal Groups In Drilling Row

    Solenex LLC has blasted a request by six environmental and Native American groups to join its challenge of the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to cancel its oil and gas lease, telling a District of Columbia federal court the request was "particularly brazen" given a previous rejection.

  5. May 11, 2016

    Enviro, Tribal Groups Ask To Intervene In Drilling Case

    Six environmental and Native American groups asked a District of Columbia federal judge Tuesday for permission to intervene in an energy firm's challenge of the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to cancel its drilling lease, saying they're not on the same page as the federal government.

  6. April 15, 2016

    Solenex Says Feds Canceled Drilling Lease 'Out Of Spite'

    A gas exploration company whose federal drilling lease in Montana was paused for three decades before being revoked last month asked to update its lawsuit in District of Columbia federal court Friday, saying the Interior Department's decision was "vindictive" and overly deferential to the Blackfeet Tribe's belief that the area was sacred.

  7. March 17, 2016

    DOI Cancels Solenex Drilling Lease After 33-Year Dispute

    The U.S. Department of the Interior on Thursday canceled an oil and gas lease held by Solenex LLC, which has for decades sought permission to drill on lands considered sacred by the Blackfeet Nation, saying its environmental and historical review was flawed.

  8. March 07, 2016

    DOI Says It Is Entitled To Change Its Mind About Oil Lease

    The federal government has fired back at Solenex LLC's opposition to its proposal to cancel a suspended oil and gas lease on land sacred to Montana's Blackfeet Nation, telling a D.C. district court Friday that it is fully entitled to change its mind.

  9. January 20, 2016

    Solenex Says DOI Lacks Authority To Cancel Oil Lease

    Solenex LLC urged a D.C. federal court Tuesday to reject the federal government's proposal to cancel an oil and gas lease on land sacred to Montana's Blackfeet Nation, saying that the U.S. Department of the Interior lacks the authority to cancel a valid lease.

  10. November 23, 2015

    Feds May Void Drilling Lease On Blackfeet Land Next Month

    The federal government may cancel Solenex's oil and gas drilling lease on federal lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation as soon as Dec. 11, ending a 33-year battle over the property, according to plans disclosed to a D.C. federal judge Monday.