Case Updates
On remand from the D.C. Circuit, district court rules that Dakota Access Pipeline may continue operations during court-ordered environmental review
May 21, 2021
D.C. Circuit affirms district court order requiring Environmental Impact Statement for “controversial” pipeline easement, but vacates injunction against continued use of the pipeline pending the EIS
January 26, 2021
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U.S. Chamber and industry groups submit coalition amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to reverse lower court decision that vacated easement for an already operating pipeline based on the government’s purported infirmities with its NEPA approval process
September 02, 2020
Click here to view the amicus brief filed jointly by the U.S. Chamber and industry groups.
David H. Coburn and Joshua H. Runyan of Steptoe & Johnson LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
D.C. Circuit stays district court order that would have required pipeline to shutdown and remove all product because of government’s alleged NEPA shortcomings
August 05, 2020
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U.S. Chamber and industry group support stay of order that exceeds the appropriate remedies for alleged NEPA violations
July 13, 2020
Click here to view the amicus brief filed jointly with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, American Petroleum Institute, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, and National Association of Manufacturers. David H. Coburn and Joshua H. Runyan of Steptoe & Johnson LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
The U.S. Chamber previously filed a brief when this case was in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia).pdf
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Motion for Stay -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber, et al. Amicus Brief -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- Order -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber, et al. Amicus Brief -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- Opinion -- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.C. Circuit).pdf