Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests

Federal court orders U.S. to pay North Dakota $28 million over handling of pipeline protest

A federal judge ruled that the U.S. government must pay North Dakota nearly $28 million for mishandling its response to protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017, citing negligence by the Army Corps of Engineers.Mary Steurer reports for North Dakota Monitor.In short:U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor found the federal government at fault for failing to manage land used during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, which led to w…

Judge blasts Army Corps for pipeline protests, orders $28M in damages to North Dakota

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline camp north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Dec. 3, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, N.D. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)A federal judge has ordered the United States government to pay North Dakota nearly $28 million, finding that the executive branch “abandoned the rule of law” in its response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests of 2016 and 2017. In the lawsuit, filed in 2019, North Dakota reque…

Judge rules U.S. owes North Dakota $28M over oil pipeline protests

A federal judge has ruled the U.S. government must pay North Dakota nearly $28 million in damages stemming from the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017.

North Dakota awarded nearly $28 million for damages from DAPL protests

(BISMARCK, ND) – A federal district court judge has awarded nearly $28 million for damages to the State of North Dakota resulting from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The money will help cover emergency response costs from the federal government’s negligence during the protests. Senator John Hoeven, in a statement, says the verdict ‘recognizes the harm resulting from the Obama administration’s refusal to enforce the law and police illegal a…

North Dakota wins $28M court case against federal government over pipeline protests

FARGO — The state of North Dakota has won its case against the federal government. A federal judge has ruled in favor of North Dakota, according to a court ruling released on Wednesday, April 23, and ordered the United States to pay nearly $28 million in damages stemming from law enforcement actions during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017. From 2016 to 2017, thousands of people gathered along the Missouri River in Morton Cou…

Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests

A federal judge has found the U.S. government liable to the state of North Dakota for nearly $28 million in the state's lawsuit for recouping money spent on policing the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline.