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White Earth Nation, et al v. Tillerson, et al

  1. December 09, 2015

    Tribe's, Enviros' Challenge To Enbridge Pipelines Gutted

    A Minnesota federal judge tossed core claims Wednesday in a suit by environmental groups and a Native American tribe seeking to block two cross-border pipeline projects by Enbridge Energy LP, saying that the State Department findings that allowed the projects to go forward were an extension of presidential power that couldn't be reviewed by the court.

  2. October 26, 2015

    Tribe Says Court Can Review Feds' Pipeline Approval

    A Native American tribe and environmental groups suing the U.S. State Department for authorizing two of Enbridge Energy LP's cross-border pipeline projects has urged a Minnesota federal court to reject the government's position that it lacks jurisdiction to hear the suit.

  3. June 22, 2015

    Gov't Says It Only Affirmed Enbridge Pipeline Rights

    The federal government and Enbridge Energy Partners LP told a Minnesota federal court Friday that White Earth Nation's argument that the agency illegally authorizing new pipeline construction does not hold up, because the pipeline's rights were not changed but merely affirmed.

  4. June 01, 2015

    Tribe Says Courts Can Review Enbridge Pipeline Authorization

    A Native American tribe and environmental groups suing the U.S. State Department and Enbridge Energy LP to halt the company's cross-border pipeline projects told a Minnesota federal court Friday that departmental letters authorizing a new pipeline constitute reviewable agency action. 

  5. May 11, 2015

    State Dept.'s Pipeline Nod Is Unreviewable, Enbridge Says

    Enbridge Energy LP told a Minnesota federal court Friday that environmental groups and a Native American tribe suing to halt two cross-border pipeline projects raise claims that are not reviewable by the court, because U.S. State Department authorization fell within the scope of presidential prerogative.

  6. April 07, 2015

    State Dept. Secretly Greenlighted 2 Pipelines, Tribe Says

    Several environmental and Native American groups asked a Minnesota federal court Monday to find that the U.S. Department of State violated federal law by authorizing two cross-border pipeline projects without public input or an environmental impact statement.

  7. March 17, 2015

    Judge Orders State Dept. To Respond To Tribal Pipeline Suit

    A Minnesota federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to respond to a lawsuit that claims he and the U.S. Department of State illegally allowed an energy company to build an oil pipeline through an Indian reservation.