Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20168
No(s). 16-1534 (D.D.C. Oct 19, 2016) (Boasberg, J.)

A district court held that a Native American tribe may file its own complaint as an intervenor in another tribe's challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the Dakota Access pipeline. The court agreed with the petitioning tribe that it is not necessary at this stage to proceed on only a ...