Legal Opinion
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 7, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-1534PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
After the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes filed suit to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ authorization of the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in federally regulated waters, the Corps prepared an administrative record for its July 2016 permitting decisions. Defendant-Intervenor Dakota Access LLC has now filed a Motion for a Protective Order in which it asks the Court to shield portions of eleven documents in that record from public disclosure based on its concern that. terrorists or other…
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