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The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is appealing a federal judge's dismissal of their lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The tribe argues the pipeline's continued operation without a valid easement violates federal law and that the Corps has committed other regulatory violations.
The appeal follows a 2020 court decision that revoked the pipeline's easement and ordered a full environmental review, which is still ongoing.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a federal judge’s decision to dismiss its latest lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Standing Rock filed the lawsuit in October , asking the court to find the pipeline