Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 13, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2013-1239PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
The Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation (“Plaintiffs”) have brought this action for a declaratory judgment against several federal agencies and their executive officers in their official capacity (the “Federal Agencies”) regarding construction of the Flanagan South Pipeline, a domestic oil pipeline running from Illinois to Oklahoma (the “FS Pipeline”). 1 Plaintiffs allege that the Federal Agencies have failed to assess adequately the environmental impacts of this privately-owned pipeline, in violation of the…
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