Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

North Dakota, State of v. United States of America

  1. August 18, 2025

    $28M ND Pipeline Protest Case Paused Amid Settlement Talks

    A federal district court and the Eighth Circuit have paused a $28 million dispute between North Dakota and the United States over failure to control Dakota Access Pipeline protesters after the parties said they were negotiating to settle the case.

  2. April 24, 2025

    US Must Pay ND $28M Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

    The United States must pay the state of North Dakota $28 million in damages for its failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, a federal judge determined, saying the judgment is a reminder to the federal government of its role in the larger picture of ensuring peace.

  3. December 14, 2023

    Feds Can't Dodge ND's $38M Pipeline Protest Claims

    A North Dakota federal judge said the U.S. government will have to face at trial North Dakota's claims for $38 million in damages for alleged failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protests after letting protesters set up camp on federal property without the required permit.

  4. August 07, 2023

    North Dakota Looks To Preserve $34M Access Pipeline Claims

    North Dakota says the federal government is trying to "create its own fiction" of how tort claim laws apply in the state's $38 million bid to recoup damages allegedly caused by Dakota Access pipeline protesters, saying the government went against its own policies by allowing the demonstrators to occupy land managed by the Army Corps of Engineers.

  5. October 06, 2022

    ND Says DAPL Protest Testimony Goes Beyond Army Corps

    North Dakota has told a federal judge that the federal government should have to produce witnesses from several federal agencies, not just the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, that could bolster the state's $38 million suit claiming the government failed to control demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline.

  6. January 19, 2022

    Feds Can't Add 'Political' Defense To ND's $38M Pipeline Suit

    A North Dakota magistrate judge has rejected the federal government's bid to add new defenses to the state's $38 million suit against it for supposedly failing to control demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying it's too late for the U.S. to make those arguments.

  7. January 04, 2022

    ND Says DAPL Protesters' Loss Backs State Suit Against Feds

    North Dakota told a federal judge Tuesday that his recent decision to end a suit claiming state police used excessive force against Dakota Access pipeline protesters bolsters the state's own suit seeking $38 million from the federal government for allegedly failing to control the demonstrations.

  8. October 20, 2021

    ND's DAPL Protest Suit Survives Feds' Bid To Gut Claims

    A North Dakota federal judge has rejected a bid to slash the state's suit seeking $38 million from the federal government for allegedly failing to control demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying the state clearly can try to recoup its costs to deal with the protests under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

  9. March 30, 2021

    Feds Can't Trim $38M Dakota Access Pipeline Suit, ND Says

    North Dakota has urged a federal judge to reject the government's bid to trim a suit alleging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to control demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline, saying the government must cover the costs the state racked up in dealing with the protests.

  10. August 20, 2020

    Army Corps Must Face Most ND Claims Over DAPL Protests

    A North Dakota federal judge has largely rejected the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' bid to escape the state's suit alleging the agency failed to control protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying the agency opened itself up to the claims by letting protesters onto Corps-managed land without going through its permitting process.