Sierra Club et al v. Biden et al
Case Number:
4:19-cv-00892
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- Arnold & Porter
- Conrad Metlitzky
- Cooley LLP
- Dentons
- Emery Celli
- Haight Brown
- Hicks Thomas
- Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
- Patterson Belknap
- Weil Gotshal
- Willkie Farr
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- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Brennan Center for Justice
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Immigration Law Center
- Sierra Club
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July 17, 2023
Biden Admin Settles California, Sierra Club Border Wall Suits
The Biden administration will conduct a widespread cleanup to repair environmental damage from construction of the Trump-era southern border wall to resolve a quartet of lawsuits over the controversial policy dating back to the previous administration.
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January 21, 2021
Judge Asks What Biden Order Means For Border Wall Fight
Now that President Joe Biden has flexed his executive power to halt construction on the wall along the southern border, a California federal judge wants to know how that affects a legal fight over the Trump administration's decision to divert billions in military funds for the project.
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March 03, 2020
Sierra Club, Nonprofit Can Link Border Wall Funding Suits
A California federal judge has approved a bid by the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition to relate two lawsuits over the Trump administration's diversion of billions of already earmarked military funds to build a southern border wall.
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February 28, 2020
Sierra Club, Nonprofit Seek To Link Border Wall Funding Suits
The Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition on Friday asked a California federal judge to consider relating two suits over the Trump administration's diversion of billions of already-earmarked military funds to build a southern border wall.
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February 06, 2020
Sierra Club Sets Aside $601M Border Wall Funding Claims
The Sierra Club voluntarily dropped claims over $601 million in Treasury funds that were diverted for U.S.-Mexico border wall projects, but can raise the claims again in the future, according to documents filed Thursday in California federal court.
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December 11, 2019
Second Judge Slams Trump's Bid To Divert $3.6B For Wall
A California federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but gave the government time to appeal before the order goes into effect.
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October 23, 2019
Tribe Says Trump's Wall Would Make Border Problems Worse
A Native American tribe whose reservation lies on the Mexican border urged a California federal judge Tuesday to prevent federal funds from being transferred for President Donald Trump's planned border wall, saying the move would make it more costly for the tribe to police its lands.
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October 21, 2019
House Says Illegal Crossings Are Not National Emergency
The House of Representatives told a California federal judge Friday that illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border don't amount to a national emergency allowing President Donald Trump to transfer $3.6 billion in defense funding to build a wall.
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October 18, 2019
Brennan Center, Cato Back Advocates In Border Wall Fight
The Brennan Center for Justice and the Cato Institute have asked to join a California federal court suit challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, which made $8.1 billion available for a border wall, to argue as amici that the court should "stop this abuse of emergency power."
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August 28, 2019
DOD Says It Saved Enough Money To Build More Border Wall
The Department of Defense provided notice to a California federal court that it intends to authorize three additional border barrier projects in Arizona and California after it found that contract costs were lower than expected.