CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE v. U.S. ARMY CORPS

Civil Action No. 16-1534 (JEB).

471 F.Supp.3d 71 (2020)

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, et al., Plaintiffs, and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Defendant, and Dakota Access, LLC, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed July 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Hasselman , Pro Hac Vice, Stephanie Kathleen Tsosie , Pro Hac Vice, Patti A. Goldman , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Jeffrey S. Rasmussen , Pro Hac Vice, Jennifer S. Baker , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Louisville, CO, Rollie Wilson , Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Yankton Sioux Tribe, Robert Flying Hawk.

Michael L. Roy , Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Joseph V. Messineo , Pro Hac Vice, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Omaha, NE, Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, Tracey A. Zephier , Pro Hac Vice, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Attorney General, Eagle Butte, SD, for Intervenor Plaintiff Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Joseph V. Messineo , Pro Hac Vice, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Omaha, NE, Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, for Intervenor Plaintiff Steve Vance.

Matthew M. Marinelli , Amarveer Singh Brar , Brian Matthew Collins , Erica M. Zilioli , Reuben S. Schifman , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

Kimberly Hope Caine , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, David Debold , Miguel A. Estrada , William S. Scherman , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, Robert D. Corner , Pro Hac Vice, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Intervenor Dakota Access LLC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Lake Oahe is a large reservoir lying behind a dam on the Missouri River and stretching between North and South Dakota. Fearing severe environmental consequences, American Indian Tribes on nearby reservations have sought for several years to invalidate...

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