Legal Opinion
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 19, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–1534 (JEB); ( Consolidated Case Nos. 16–1769 and 16–267)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I. Background
A. Factual and Statutory Background
The lengthy factual history of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,200-mile domestic-oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois, is set forth in this Court's prior Opinions and need not be repeated here. See, e.g., Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Standing Rock I), 205 F.Supp.3d 4, 12-15 (D.D.C. 2016). The Court will, however, provide a brief background of this Tribe's participation in DAPL's development and an overview of the specific federal actions related to the pipeline.
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2Cases cited53 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Keith Puntenney, Laverne I. Johnson, Richard R. Lamb, Marian D. Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc., and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter v. Iowa Utilities Board, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, and Dakota Access, LLCSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
- Conservation Law Found. v. RossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
- Healthalliance Hosps., Inc. v. AzarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Indian River Cnty. v. Dep't of Transp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Limnia, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
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