Among the amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22 in support of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian Trail (see ABRA Update #250 article on this) was one jointly filed by: John Jarvis,
Prominent Park Advocates and Leaders Take Battle Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline to the Supreme Court
- – National Parks Conservation Association – 1/22/20
State AGs File Briefs Backing 4th Circuit on Forest Service Permit Case
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline “threatens Virginia’s resources without clear corresponding benefits,” so stated a brief filed January 22 with the U.S. Supreme Court by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. The amicus brief was filed as part of the appeal brought by Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
ABRA Members File Brief with DC Circuit on FERC Tolling Order Policy
Several ABRA members were among organizations jointly filing an amicus brief last week in a case before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to forestall judicial review of its orders,
New Brief Filed with Supreme Court in Cowpasture Case
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program filed on January 15 a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in response to the briefs filed in December by the U.S. Forest Service and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
Briefs in Support of Dominion on AT Issue Filed With Supreme Court
Amicus briefs in support of the appeal by the U.S. Forest Service and Atlantic Coast, LLC to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Cowpasture River, et. al. case were filed on December 9. As noted in last week’s ABRA Update,
‘Not Limited to Pipelines’; Supporters Step Forward to Cheer ACP’s Supreme Court Petition
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/11/19
Opposition Brief Is Filed in Appeal of Forest Service Case to Supreme Court
The petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACCP, LLC) should be denied, so stated a brief filed August 28 in opposition to the appeal. ACCP, LLC filed its Writ of Certiorari on June 25,
FERC and ACP, LLC File Response Briefs in Challenge to ACP Certificate
The lawsuit challenging the certificate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) moved a step closer to being considered by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals with the filing of response briefs by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on June 18,
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Brief Supporting Environmental Justice for Historic African-American Community in Virginia
- – Blue Virginia – 6/10/19