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
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge.
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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