Here.
Case materials here.
DAPL
Dakota Access LLC v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Cert Petition [Updated with additional cert stage briefs]
Here:
Questions presented:
- Whether, under NEPA, an agency that carefully considers all criticisms of its environmental analysis must also “resolve” those criticisms to the court’s satisfaction to justify a finding of no significant impact; and
- Whether procedural error under NEPA per se warrants remand with vacatur.
Lower court materials here.
Update:
Update in Standing Rock/Dakota Access Pipeline
Here are the new materials in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):
Prior post here.
D.C. Circuit Affirms Order that DAPL Easement is Illegal, but Does Not Require Shutdown of Pipeline
Here is the opinion in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers.
An excerpt:
Lake Oahe, created when the United States Army Corps of Engineers flooded thousands of acres of Sioux lands in the Dakotas by constructing the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River, provides several successor tribes of the Great Sioux Nation with water for drinking, industry, and sacred cultural practices. Passing beneath Lake Oahe’s waters, the Dakota Access Pipeline transports crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 185, the pipeline could not traverse the federally owned land at the Oahe crossing site without an easement from the Corps. The question presented here is whether the Corps
violated the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321, by issuing that easement without preparing an environmental impact statement despite substantial criticisms from the Tribes and, if so, what should be done about that failure. We agree with the district court that the Corps acted unlawfully, and we affirm the court’s order vacating the easement while the Corps prepares an environmental impact statement. But we reverse the court’s order to the extent it directed that the pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil.
Briefs here.
D.C. Circuit Materials in Standing Rock v. Army Corps
Here are the briefs in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers:
Members of Congress Amicus Brief
States Against DAPL Amicus Brief
States Supporting DAPL Amicus Brief
Oral argument audio here.
Lower court materials here.
Federal Court Invalidates Dakota Access Pipeline Permits
Here is the order in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):
Related briefs:
531 Congressional Amicus Brief
532 Environmental Amicus Brief
Prior post here.
Tribes Prevail in Standing Rock Suit, Court Orders Army Corps Prepare EIS on Dakota Access Pipeline
Here is the order in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):
More details later.
Dakota Access Pipeline Case to be Argued Today in D.C.
Standing Rock/NoDAPL Motion to File Amicus in Support of Dakota Access and ACOE Brief Regarding Remedy
Here are the briefs(PDF) in the matter of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe et al v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers et al, (D.D.C. 16-cv-01534):
- 258- United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Brief Regarding Remedy
- 259- Motion of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute, the Association of Oil Pipe Lines, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the National Association of Manufacturers for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Dakota Access, LLC’s Brief on Vacatur
Tiger Swan Tactics
In a four-part series, The Intercept examines the blurred lines between private security and public law enforcement, and the impact of corporate money on the increasing opposition to oil pipelines.
Part 2: Standing Rock Documents Expose Inner Workings of “Surveillance-Industrial Complex
Part 4: Dakota Access-Style Policing Moves to Pennsylvania’s Mariner East 2 Pipeline
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