Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 18, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-1239PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation (“Plaintiffs”) have sued several federal agencies and their officers (“Federal Defendants”) in an attempt to enjoin the construction of the Flanagan South Pipeline (the “FS Pipeline”), a domestic oil pipeline that, as planned, will transport tar sands crude oil from Pontiac, Illinois, through the states of Missouri and Kansas, and ultimately into Cushing, Oklahoma. Because a private company is constructing the 589-mile pipeline on mostly privately-owned land that is…
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