SIERRA CLUB v. CLINTON

Civil No. 09-2622 (DWF/RLE).

689 F.Supp.2d 1147 (2010)

SIERRA CLUB; Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy; Indigenous Environmental Network; and National Wildlife Federation; Plaintiffs, v. Hillary CLINTON, in her official capacity as Secretary of State; James Steinberg, in his official capacity as Deputy Secretary of State; United States Department of State; Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, in his official capacity as U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Colonel Jon L. Christensen, in his official capacity as District Engineer and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the United States Army Corps of Engineers; Tom Tidwell, in his official capacity as Chief of the United States Forest Service; Rob Harper, in his Official capacity as Forest Supervisor for the Chippewa National Forest; and the United States Forest Service; Defendants, and Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

February 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Hayes, Esq. and Eric E. Huber, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program; J. Martin Wagner, Esq. and Sarah H. Burt, Esq., Earthjustice; and Kevin Reuther, Esq., Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, for Plaintiffs.

Luther L. Hajek, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Chad A. Blumenfield, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, for Defendants.

Daniel J. Herber, Esq., and John F. Beukema, Esq., Faegre & Benson LLP; David H. Coburn, Esq., and Sara Beth Watson, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for Defendant-Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DONOVAN W. FRANK, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy ("MCEA"), Indigenous Environmental Network, and National Wildlife Federation (together, "Plaintiffs") bring this action against United States Department of State ("State Department"); Hillary Clinton, in her official capacity as Secretary of State; James Steinberg, in his official capacity as Deputy Secretary...

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