Dakota Access Pipeline

Consolidated Brief of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe Regarding Remedy. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asks the Court to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline while an Environmental Impact Statement is performed.

Amicus Curiae Brief of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association, National Congress Of American Indians Fund, Inter-Tribal Association Of Arizona, Midwest Alliance Of Sovereign Tribes, United South And Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, Affiliated Tribes Of Northwest Indians, Association On American Indian Affairs, and 28 Indian Tribes Supporting a Vacatur Remedy

Six amicus (friend of the court) briefs representing oil companies, industry groups, and the state of North Dakota, supporting requests by the Army Corps and Dakota Access to allow the pipeline to continue to operate while a full Environmental Impact Statement is prepared.

On whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ February 8, 2017, decision granting an easement to allow a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Corps-managed lands at Lake Oahe should be vacated while the Corps conducts additional environmental review consistent with this Court’s opinion