Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. et al

  1. June 20, 2023

    Enbridge Given 3 Years To Move Pipeline Off Wis. Reservation

    Enbridge Energy Co. must remove an oil and natural gas pipeline from Wisconsin tribal land, a federal judge has ruled, giving the company three years to reroute its controversial Line 5 and ordering it to pay $5.2 million for trespassing.

  2. May 25, 2023

    Enbridge Allies Can't Add Old Econ Evidence In Pipeline Row

    Oil and gas companies and industry groups siding with Enbridge Inc. can't submit declarations about the potential economic impact of a pipeline shutdown unless they're saying something that wasn't already offered by past experts in a fight over whether the energy giant must move its Line 5 pipeline off a reservation in northern Wisconsin, a federal judge ruled.

  3. May 17, 2023

    No Immediate Risk Of Pipeline Rupture, Enbridge Tells Court

    Enbridge Energy Co. is pushing back on warnings that a portion of its 645-mile pipeline carrying oil and natural gas across the Upper Midwest could soon rupture, assuring a Wisconsin federal judge that no disaster is imminent and detailing its response if such a risk were to emerge.

  4. May 11, 2023

    Wis. Tribe Seeks Pipeline Shutdown Amid 'Alarming' Erosion

    Tribal leaders in northern Wisconsin say a controversial Enbridge Energy Co. pipeline that spans their reservation must be shut down, warning that soil erosion has recently accelerated "at an alarming pace" and risks exposing, and then possibly rupturing, the oil and gas pipeline.

  5. November 29, 2022

    Enbridge, Tribe Must Craft Spill Prevention Plan, Judge Rules

    Pipeline owner Enbridge Energy Co. and a Chippewa tribe will have to hash out a plan to prevent a potential pipeline oil spill before the court will rule on whether the pipeline running through the tribe's northern Wisconsin reservation constitutes a public nuisance, a Wisconsin federal judge ruled on Monday.

  6. October 17, 2022

    Wis. Judge Says Pipeline Shutdown Plans Admissible

    Pipeline owner Enbridge Energy Co. isn't going to be able to clawback all the documents it accidentally turned over in its fight with tribal leaders who want the pipeline rerouted, a Wisconsin federal judge has ruled.

  7. October 05, 2022

    Chippewa Tribe Slams Enbridge Over Bid To Exclude Experts

    Tribal leaders in Wisconsin are defending a group of energy and transportation experts who they say help illustrate that a major oil and gas pipeline on their reservation is expendable, and berating the pipeline owner, Enbridge Energy Co., for an "ill-conceived" bid to preclude their testimony.

  8. September 08, 2022

    Line 5 Pipeline Can Stay Open For Now, Despite Tribe's Wins

    A Wisconsin federal judge has handed quick wins to a Chippewa tribe on several claims in its challenge to Enbridge Energy Co.'s Line 5 pipeline, but declined to immediately shut down the pipeline because of what the judge called the "significant public and foreign policy implications" of such a move.

  9. August 31, 2022

    Canada's Treaty Move Doesn't Impact Line 5 Suit, Tribe Says

    The Bad River Band has told a Wisconsin federal judge that Canada's recent start of treaty negotiations with the U.S. to try to maintain Enbridge Energy Co.'s Line 5 pipeline "changes nothing" about the tribe's suit to block it.

  10. June 16, 2022

    Mich., Wis. Biz Group Backs Bad River Tribe In Line 5 Suit

    A group representing Michigan and Wisconsin businesses urged a federal judge Thursday to shut down Enbridge Energy Co.'s Line 5 pipeline on the Bad River Band's tribal land, saying there's little risk to the local economy from a shutdown, while a potential oil spill could prove catastrophic for the businesses.