NORTHERN PLAINS RES. COUNCIL v. U.S. ARMY CORPS

CV 19-44-GF-BMM.

460 F.Supp.3d 1030 (2020)

NORTHERN PLAINS RESOURCE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, et al., Defendants, TC Energy Corporation, et al., Intervenor-Defendants, State of Montana, Intervenor-Defendant, American Gas Association, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

Signed May 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Bechtold , Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, Douglas P. Hayes , Sierra Club, Boulder, CO, Cecilia D. Segal , Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs Northern Plains Resource Council, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Cecilia D. Segal , Pro Hac Vice, Jaclyn H. Prange , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Douglas P. Hayes , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Eric E. Huber , Environmental Law Program, Boulder, CO, Jared Michael Margolis , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Eugene, OR, Timothy M. Bechtold , Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, Amy R. Atwood , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff Bold Alliance.

Timothy M. Bechtold , Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, MT, Douglas P. Hayes , Sierra Club, Boulder, CO, for Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth.

Benjamin James Grillot , Kristofor R. Swanson , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Bridget K. McNeil , U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, CO, Mark Steger Smith , U.S. Attorney's Office, Billings, MT, for Defendants.

Jeffery J. Oven , Mark L. Stermitz , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Billings, MT, Jeffrey M. Roth , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Missoula, MT, Peter R. Steenland , Pro Hac Vice, Peter Christopher Whitfield , Pro Hac Vice, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendants TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP, TC Energy Corporation.

Robert Thomas Cameron , Timothy C. Fox , Jeremiah R. Langston , Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for Intervenor-Defendant State of Montana.

Brianne C. McClafferty , William W. Mercer , Holland & Hart, Billings, MT, Deidre G. Duncan , Pro Hac Vice, Karma B. Brown , Pro Hac Vice, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendants American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.


ORDER AMENDING SUMMARY JUDGMENT ORDER AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL

INTRODUCTION

The Court issued an order on the parties' motions for summary judgment on April 15, 2020. (Doc. 130.) The Court concluded that the Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") violated the...

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