Court Sets Argument In Dakota Pipeline Suit For Day After 2020 Election

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument Nov. 4 in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ appeal of a lower court ruling vacating its approval of a key easement allowing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to cross under a Missouri River tributary, one day after the Nov. 3 presidential election. The scheduling is significant because some environmental groups are likely to pressure Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to drop the administration’s appeal...