LOUISIANA v. BIDEN

CASE NO. 2:21-CV-00778.

543 F.Supp.3d 388 (2021)

State of LOUISIANA et al v. Joseph R. BIDEN, Jr. et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

Signed June 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel Joseph Shapiro , Pro Hac Vice, Tyler R. Green , Pro Hac Vice, Consovoy McCarthy, Salt Lake City, UT, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Alabama.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Gracie Elizabeth Holden , Pro Hac Vice, Ronald W. Opsahl , Pro Hac Vice, AK Dept. of Law, Anchorage, AK, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Alaska.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Dylan L. Jacobs , Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas Jacob Bronni , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Arkansas.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Andrew A. Pinson , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Georgia.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, Krissy C. Nobile , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, for State of Mississippi.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, D. John Sauer , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of MO, Jefferson City, MO, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Missouri.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, David M. S. Dewhirst , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Helena, MT, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of Montana.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, James A. Campbell , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Lincoln, NE, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, for State of. Nebraska.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, Mithun S. Mansinghani , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, for State of Oklahoma.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, Judd Edward Stone, II , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Austin, TX, for State of Texas.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, Melissa A. Holyoak , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, for State of Utah.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill , LA Atty. Generals Office, Benjamin William Wallace , LA Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Scott St. John , LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, LA, Lindsay S. See , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for State of West Virginia.

Thomas Ports, Jr. , U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Div./Criminal Section, Michael Sawyer , U.S. Dept. of Justice Envir. Enforcement Sec., Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Corinne Jacqueline Van Dalen , Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, Christopher D. Eaton , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Shana Emile , Pro Hac Vice, Seattle, WA, Erik Grafe , Earthjustice, Anchorage, AK, Michael S. Freeman , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas R. Delehanty , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Denver, CO, for Amici Curiae Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, Cook Inletkeeper, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Oceana, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society.

Joel R Waltzer , Waltzer Wiygul & Garside, New Orleans, LA, Bradford H. Sewell , Pro Hac Vice, Irene Vibal Gutierrez , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Law Office of Robert B. Wiygul, Ocean Springs, MS, for Amicus Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council.

Anna St. John , Hamilton Lincoln Law Inst., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae County of Daggett, County of Rio Blanco, County of Uintah, County of Wayne.


MEMORANDUM RULING

The issue before this Court is whether the Plaintiff States1 are entitled to a preliminary injunction against the Government Defendants2 as a...

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