June 11, 2026
The state of North Dakota announced Thursday it has settled its claims that the federal government failed to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters for $27.8 million, the full amount of an earlier bench verdict.
May 26, 2026
A North Dakota federal judge agreed Tuesday to overturn the state of North Dakota's $28 million verdict against the U.S. for failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, clearing the way for a settlement the parties have said is ready to go.
May 21, 2026
The United States and North Dakota are seeking to vacate a judgment that awarded the state $28 million in damages over the federal government's failure to control Dakota Access Pipeline protesters after nearly a year of settlement negotiations.
August 18, 2025
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.
April 24, 2025
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.
December 14, 2023
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.
August 07, 2023
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.
October 06, 2022
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.
January 19, 2022
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.
January 04, 2022
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.