D.C. Circuit Ends Tribes’ Appeal Of Injunction Denial, Remands For Vacatur Ruling

(February 8, 2017, 1:01 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 18 granted a request by the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) builder to dismiss an appeal by two Indian tribes of denial of injunction to halt work on the project because the work at issue was completed during the appeal (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al., No. 16-5259, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 919)....