Dakota Access Seeks Reprieve From High Court In Pipeline Easement Row

Mealey's (October 19, 2021, 8:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 18 granted permission to a pipeline operator to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with a sealed supplemental appendix in which the operator seeks reinstatement of an easement for the pipeline beneath sacred Indian lands and reversal of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “acted unlawfully” in approving the easement....