Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa v. Naomi Tillison, et al

  1. April 11, 2024

    US Sends Mixed Messages In Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Dispute

    The U.S. government sent mixed messages to the Seventh Circuit in weighing in on Enbridge's controversial Line 5 oil pipeline, saying a lower court was right to determine that the company is trespassing on tribal lands, but recommended that the case be remanded and that a tribe's public nuisance claim be dismissed. 

  2. December 18, 2023

    'Pay-As-You-Trespass' Remedy Can't Stand, Tribe Argues

    Enbridge Energy Co. shouldn't be allowed to pay essentially "fair rental value" with a lower court's three-year pass allowing the company to continue operating a controversial pipeline on reservation land despite federal law stating such forced conveyance is invalid, a native tribe in Wisconsin told the Seventh Circuit.

  3. October 24, 2023

    Tribes Say Sovereign Power Is At Stake In Pipeline Fight

    A slew of Native American tribes argue that tribal sovereignty is central to a dispute involving the court-ordered shutdown of an Enbridge Energy oil and natural gas pipeline that traverses a Chippewa band's reservation, saying tribes must have the power to exclude non-Indians from their lands.

  4. October 19, 2023

    Michigan Backs Wisconsin Tribe's Pipeline Fight

    The state of Michigan is the latest party to wade into a Seventh Circuit appeal over the court-ordered shutdown of an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that traverses a Wisconsin Native American tribe's reservation, warning the court in an amicus brief that the threat of a spill is "all too real."

  5. October 18, 2023

    Business Group Urges 7th Circ. To Speed Line 5 Closure

    An association of business leaders in Michigan and Wisconsin has told the Seventh Circuit that the economic consequences of shuttering Enbridge Energy's Line 5 oil pipeline would be far from catastrophic, backing a Wisconsin-based Native American tribe in its court battle to expedite the pipeline closure.

  6. September 12, 2023

    Enbridge Urges 7th Circ. To Axe $5M Pipeline Removal Order

    Enbridge Energy wants the Seventh Circuit to undo an order directing it to pay $5.2 million for trespassing and remove its "Line 5" pipeline from Wisconsin tribal lands in three years, claiming the tribe breached an agreement for continued operations and a judge failed to weigh harms a shutdown could have.