MATTWAOSHSHE et al v. NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. et al

  1. August 18, 2021

    Kan. Wind Farm Suit Belongs In Circuit Court, DC Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government and NextEra Energy Inc. over a 140-turbine project in rural Kansas that claimed the project was negligently approved, saying the plaintiffs should have gone to a federal appeals court instead.

  2. August 26, 2020

    NextEra Unit Fights Cert. Bid In Kansas Wind Farm Suit

    It's far too soon to be talking about class certification in a Kickapoo Nation member's lawsuit opposing a Kansas wind farm project, a NextEra Energy Inc. subsidiary told a D.C. federal court on Wednesday.

  3. August 18, 2020

    Kan. Tribe Member Makes Admittedly 'Premature' Cert. Bid

    Kickapoo Nation member Jeremy Mattwaoshshe on Monday moved — admittedly prematurely — for class certification in his suit to halt the construction of a wind farm in Kansas, in accordance with a 90-day requirement in D.C. federal court.

  4. August 14, 2020

    Tribe Member Opposes Feds' Bid To Escape Wind Farm Suit

    A Kickapoo Nation member has urged a D.C. federal judge not to let the U.S. government and NextEra Energy Inc. escape his proposed class action that aims to halt construction of a wind farm in Kansas, arguing that the court has jurisdiction over all the defendants.

  5. June 16, 2020

    Tribe Member Can't Get NextEra Kan. Wind Farm Work Paused

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday refused to immediately halt construction on a Kansas wind farm despite claims the project has not been properly vetted for potential harm to a local tribe and agricultural community, saying the case is unlikely to succeed in her court.

  6. June 03, 2020

    Feds Want Out Of NextEra Kan. Wind Farm Suit

    The federal government has moved to ax claims against it in a proposed class action that aims to halt construction of a NextEra Energy Inc. wind farm in Kansas and alleges the project lacks proper review of its potential to harm a local tribe and rural agricultural community.

  7. May 19, 2020

    NextEra Kansas Wind Farm Must Halt, Kickapoo Member Says

    Construction on a NextEra Energy Inc. wind farm in Kansas must be stopped immediately because the project has not been properly vetted for its potential to devastate a local tribe and rural agricultural community, a Kickapoo Nation member said in a proposed class action.