STANDING ROCK SIOUX v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENG'RS

Civil Action No. 16-1534 (JEB).

540 F.Supp.3d 45 (2021)

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 May 21, 2021.


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, Jan Hasselman , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Yankton 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 Plaintiff Robert Flying Hawk.

Michael L. Roy , Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, DC, Jan Hasselman , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Oglala Sioux Tribe.

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, Jan Hasselman , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, Judith Amy Shapiro, Judith A. Shapiro, Esq. , Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenor Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, for Plaintiff-Intervenor Steve Vance.

Matthew M. Marinelli , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Reuben S. Schifman , Brian Matthew Collins , Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Erica M. Zilioli , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Envionment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Just like the Dakota Access Pipeline, which meanders over hill and dale before carrying its crude oil underneath Lake Oahe — a large reservoir on the Missouri River between North and South Dakota — the current litigation has wound its...

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