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North Dakota Supreme Court Sides with Energy Transfer in Greenpeace Fight over Dutch Lawsuit
The court said the Dutch case conflicted with a Morton County jury verdict and could not proceed as a parallel challenge to the North Dakota ruling.
- On Thursday, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled in a 4-1 decision that Greenpeace International cannot pursue most of its lawsuit against Energy Transfer in the Netherlands.
- Energy Transfer sued the group for allegedly organizing illegal efforts to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, leading a Morton County jury to award the company $345 million last year.
- Justice Jerod Tufte wrote that the Dutch case conflicted with the jury's findings, overturning Southwest Judicial District Judge James Gion's prior decision, though Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers dissented from the majority.
- Trey Cox, lead counsel for Energy Transfer, praised the ruling, stating it "protects the authority of the North Dakota judicial system" from attempts to collaterally attack the jury verdict.
- Greenpeace International Senior Legal Counsel Daniel Simons argued the decision does not stop accountability under European Union law, while the group indicated it may continue its legal pursuit in Amsterdam.
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North Dakota Supreme Court sides with Energy Transfer in Greenpeace fight over Dutch lawsuit
(The Center Square) – The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled this week that Greenpeace International cannot keep pursuing most of its lawsuit against Energy Transfer in the Netherlands as the pipeline company’s case moves forward in North Dakota.
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Greenpeace Enjoined from Suing Energy Transfer in the Netherlands
The Supreme Court of North Dakota has directed the trial court to enter a narrow antisuit injunction against Greenpeace International Thursday morning, barring it from proceeding with its action against Dallas-based Energy Transfer in the Netherlands. A North Dakota jury awarded Energy Transfer more than $660 million in damages against Greenpeace in March 2025. The post Greenpeace Enjoined from Suing Energy Transfer in the Netherlands appeared f…
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