Briefly:  Groups Say Federal Court Is Proper For Pipeline Case Against State Agency

Mealey's (August 24, 2022, 8:12 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Sierra Club and other environmental advocacy groups on Aug. 3 filed a reply brief on the merits in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that it has exclusive jurisdiction over a permit dispute against a state water control agency related to the construction of a pipeline to carry hydraulically fractured gas because the issues are “inextricably intertwined” with federal law....