16 States Say U.S. High Court Must Hear Pipeline Case; Lower Court Ruling ‘Wrong’

(August 1, 2019, 11:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixteen states filed a joint amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on July 29, arguing that the Fourth Circuit’s decision that the federal government violated federal law and lacked statutory authority to grant the permit for a hydraulic fracturing pipeline is wrong and the Supreme Court must hear the case because the lower court’s ruling makes it “impossible” for any federal agency to grant an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) (Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al., No. 18A1181, and United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al., No. 18A1182, U.S. Sup.)....

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