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North Dakota Supreme Court denies petition to move Greenpeace trial to different court
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition by Greenpeace to move its legal battle with Energy Transfer out of Morton County.
Trial begins in $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over North Dakota pipeline protests
Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the trial of a Texas pipeline company's lawsuit against Greenpeace.
Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo
The request is the culmination of multiple unsuccessful attempts to convince Southwest Judicial District Judge James Gion that Morton County is the wrong venue for the lawsuit.
Greenpeace asking for trial over Dakota Access protest damages to be moved out of Morton County
The organization is asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to move the civil trial brought forth by Energy Transfer to Cass County or elsewhere.
Greenpeace Says It’s Facing Bankruptcy From Oil Company Lawsuit Over Dakota Pipeline Protests
A Texas-based company claims the environmental advocacy group tried to delay construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline with protests.
Greenpeace gave intel, supplies, training to Dakota Access Pipeline protests, testimony shows
Greenpeace provided supplies, intel and training to demonstrators who spent months camping near the Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing in south central North Dakota, employees said in video testimony played to a Morton County jury on Friday.
Jury selection begins in civil trial brought by Dakota Access Pipeline developer against Greenpeace
A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday. Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil and gas company, accuses Greenpeace of using underhanded means to back demonstrations against the pipeline in 2016 and 2017.
Witness: Most tribal nations at Dakota Access Pipeline protest ‘didn’t know who Greenpeace was’
A Lakota organizer said in a video deposition played to jurors Monday that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe led the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, not Greenpeace.
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