March 15, 2017
A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to prevent Dakota Access LLC from letting oil flow through its pipeline on a stretch of federal land in North Dakota while the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe challenges a recent ruling that shot down its attempt to block the pipeline's operation there.
March 13, 2017
Dakota Access LLC urged a D.C. district judge Monday to reject the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's bid to halt construction on the company's pipeline, claiming the tribe waited far too long to raise its claims that the oil pipeline threatens the religious purity of a North Dakota lake.
March 09, 2017
The Energy Transfer Partners unit behind the Dakota Access pipeline pressed a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to prevent the release of documents sought by two Sioux tribes in their challenge to the project, saying the documents have little or nothing to do with the tribes' claims and could be used to attack specific locations along the pipeline.
March 08, 2017
Dakota Access LLC has blasted the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's bid to vacate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers final approval of the company's controversial oil pipeline, telling a D.C. federal judge Tuesday the tribe is making baseless procedural claims simply because it's unhappy with the decision.
March 07, 2017
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe's bid to block operation of the Dakota Access pipeline on federal land in North Dakota, saying the tribe likely won't be able to show that the federal government interfered with its exercise of religion by allowing the project to go forward.
March 02, 2017
Two Sioux tribes urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday not to block the release of documents Dakota Access LLC claimed could be used by terrorists to target its controversial pipeline, saying the company is trying to shield "deeply flawed" documents addressing the risk of an oil spill from the project.
February 28, 2017
Members of several Sioux tribal nations hit President Donald Trump with a proposed complaint in D.C. federal court Monday, alleging Trump illegally directed the federal government to approve the Dakota Access pipeline for business reasons.
February 27, 2017
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe pressed a D.C. federal judge Friday to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline because the project allegedly interferes with the tribe's exercise of religion, saying it preserved that claim by repeatedly raising its religious concerns with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
February 22, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dakota Access LLC both urged a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday to reject a bid by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to block construction of the company's pipeline based on claims the project violates the tribe's exercise of religion, saying the tribe waited too long to raise the claims.
February 15, 2017
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked a D.C. federal court Tuesday to rule that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flouted federal law by giving Dakota Access LLC the final approval needed for its controversial $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile crude oil pipeline and axing a planned environmental review.