8th Circ. Upholds $35,000 Costs Award In DAPL Protest Case

By Crystal Owens ( October 7, 2026, 6:15 PM EDT) -- An Eighth Circuit panel has upheld a lower court's award of more than $35,000 in costs to Morton County, North Dakota, and its officials in a challenge by an environmentalist who was severely injured by law enforcement during a protest over the Dakota Access pipeline....

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