Authority: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Date: 03/18/2017

Subject: The order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, rejected the emergency motion proposed by the Indian tribes Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux, aiming at stopping the flow of petroleum through the Dakota Access pipeline

Parties: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers and Dakota Access LLC

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Right to property - Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection - Citizens’ rights - Art. 41 Right to good administration by the bodies of the union

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