Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP)

Filing Date: 2020
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, Minnesota Public Utilities Law
Description: Challenge to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorization of Line 3 pipeline project.
  • Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP)
    Docket number(s): A20-1071
    Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    12/30/2020 Memorandum Download Memorandum of relator Friends of the Headwaters in support of motion to stay construction pending appeal.
    12/30/2020 Motion Download Motion filed by relator Friends of the Headwaters for stay of construction pending appeal.
    08/18/2020 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Download Petition for writ of certiorari filed.
    08/18/2020 Statement Download Statement of the case filed by petitioners.
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP)
    Docket number(s): A20-1072
    Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    12/29/2020 Brief Download Brief filed in support of motion for stay pending appeal of relators Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and White Earth Band of Ojibwe.
    12/29/2020 Motion Download Motion for stay pending appeal filed by relators Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and White Earth Band of Ojibwe.
    08/18/2020 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Download Petition for writ of certiorari filed. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Honor the Earth, and Sierra Club filed petition in the Minnesota Court of Appeals challenging the decisions by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorizing the Line 3 project. Issues to be raised in this proceeding include the petitioners’ contention that the PUC “decided to entirely disregard most of the climate change impacts of the Project,” contrary to its obligations to consider effects on Minnesota’s natural and socioeconomic environment and to consider climate change’s economic and environmental costs on people within Minnesota, “including the Anishinaabe peoples who claim a right to continue to live on their lands in accordance with their beliefs and culture, which is their human and legal right to do.”
    08/18/2020 Statement Download Statement of the case filed by petitioners.