Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20187
No(s). 1:16-cv-01534-JEB (D.C. Cir. Aug 5, 2020)

The D.C. Circuit stayed a lower court ruling that ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down and emptied of oil within 30 days. As to the pipeline company's motion to stay the order vacating the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act, however, it found...