Supreme Court’s Michigan Pipeline Case Is About Native Rights and Fossil Fuels, Not Just Technical Legal Procedure

Michigan Line 5 dispute reaches U.S. Supreme Court on late removal filing by Enbridge

A long-running legal battle between Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court — but no

Michigan, Enbridge battle over Line 5 pipeline before US Supreme Court

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s yearslong lawsuit to shut down the pipeline could come down to how the Supreme Court interprets a 30-day procedural deadline that Enbridge failed to meet.

Justices hear arguments in dispute between Michigan, Enbridge ...

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

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The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today about a narrow procedural issue that could determine whether Michigan or federal courts ultimately decide the fate of a 73-year-old oil pipeline that many tribal nations say threatens their waters, treaty rights, and ways of life. The case, Enbridge v. Nessel, centers on Line 5, a 645-mile oil pipeline that starts in Superior, Wisconsin, snakes through Michigan, and concludes in Ontario, Can…

U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether Line 5 case will proceed in state court

The U.S. Supreme Court's front steps in Washington, D.C. July 19, 2022. | Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance.On Tuesday the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s case against Canadian pipeline company Enbridge should continue in state court, or be heard in federal court.  Nessel first brought a suit against Enbridge in 2019, seeking to shut down the company’s Line 5 pipeline, w…