9th Circuit Denies Army Corps Immediate Stay; Calls For Briefs On Pipeline Ruling

(May 15, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 14 denied the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers an immediate administrative stay but set a briefing schedule for the Army Corp’s emergency motion for a stay regarding a district court’s decision that the permit for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline violates federal law is “deeply flawed.” The groups said the Army Corps failed to provide support for its request (Northern Plains Resource Council, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 20-35412, 9th Cir.)....

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