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WEST VIRGINIA v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROT. AGENCY

Case No. 3:23-cv-032.

669 F.Supp.3d 781 (2023)

States of WEST VIRGINIA, North Dakota, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming, Plaintiffs, and American Farm Bureau Federation, American Petroleum Institute, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Associated General Contractors of America, Cass County Farm Bureau, Leading Builders of America, National Apartment Association, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, National Association of Realtors, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Mining Association, National Multifamily Housing Council, National Pork Producers Council, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, North Dakota Farm Bureau, Public Lands Council, and U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Michael S. Regan, in his official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and LTG Scott A. Spellmon, in his official capacity as Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Defendants, and Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, Rappahannock Tribe, Tohono O'Odham Nation, and White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. North Dakota.

Signed April 12, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsay Sara See, Michael Ray Williams, West Virginia Attorney General's Office, Charleston, WV, for Plaintiff State of West Virginia.

Drew H. Wrigley, Jennifer L. Verleger, Margaret I. Olson, Erik J. Wallevand, North Dakota Office of Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff State of North Dakota.

Stephen John Petrany, Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff State of Georgia.

Eric H. Wessan, Iowa Department of Justice, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiff State of Iowa.

Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff State of Alabama.

David Wilkinson, State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff State of Alaska.

Dylan L. Jacobs, Nicholas J. Bronni, Arkansas Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff State of Arkansas.

Natalie Christmas, Florida Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff State of Florida.

Thomas Molnar Fisher, Office of in Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff State of Indiana.

Jesse Burris, Kansas Attorney General, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff State of Kansas.

Elizabeth B. Murrill, Tracy Short, Joseph Scott St. John, Morgan Brungard, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff State of Louisiana.

Justin L. Matheny, Pro Hac Vice, Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff Mississippi, State of.

Jeff P. Johnson, Office of the Missouri Attorney General, St. Louis, MO, Joshua Divine, Office of the Missouri Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Plaintiff State of Missouri.

Christian Brian Corrigan, Montana Attorney General's Office, Helena, MT, for Plaintiff State of Montana.

Eric Hamilton, NE Attorney General's Office, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff State of Nebraska.

Brandon F. Chase, Nh Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Civil Bureau, Concord, NH, for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire.

Benjamin Michael Flowers, Pro Hac Vice, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff State of Ohio.

Garry M. Gaskins, II, Zachary Paul West, Jennifer L. Lewis, Oklahoma Office of Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma.

James Emory Smith, Jr., S.C. Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff State of South Carolina.

Charles D. McGuigan, South Dakota Attorney General's Office, Pierre, SD, for Plaintiff State of South Dakota.

Gabriel Krimm, Pro Hac Vice, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand, Tennessee Attorney General's Office Office of the Attorney General and Reporter, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff State of Tennessee.

Melissa Holyoak, Office of the Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff State of Utah.

Andrew N. Ferguson, Martin Jordan Minot, Kevin Michael Gallagher, Office of the Attorney General Office of the Solicitor General, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiff State of Virginia.

Travis Jordan, Wyoming Attorney General's Office, Water & Natural Resources Division, Cheyenne, WY, for Plaintiff State of Wyoming.

Andrew D. Cook, Ohnstad Twichell, West Fargo, ND, Katie J. Schmidt, Ohnstad Twichell, P.C., West Fargo, ND, Brett E. Legner, Pro Hac Vice, Timothy S. Bishop, Pro Hac Vice, Mayer Brown, Chicago, IL, James Brian Danford, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX, for Intervenor-Plaintiffs.

Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural R. San Francisco Field Office, San Francisco, CA, Elliot Higgins, Hubert T. Lee, Sarah Izfar, DOJ-Enrd, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Sonya Shea, DOJ-Enrd, Denver, CO, for Defendants.

David Lane Henkin, Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Honolulu, HI, Janette K. Brimmer, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Intervenor-Defendants Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, Rappahannock Tribe, White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

David Lane Henkin, Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Honolulu, HI, Howard Marc Shanker, Pro Hac Vice, Tohono O'Odham Nation, Sells, AZ, Janette K. Brimmer, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Intervenor-Defendant Tohono O'Odham Nation.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Now before the Court is the Plaintiffs' "Motion for Preliminary Injunction" filed on February 21, 2023. See Doc. No. 44. The Plaintiffs seek the entry of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Defendants from enforcing...

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