Treaty Interpretation

We Still Don’t Know What the State Department Thinks About the Transit Pipelines Treaty

In Bad River Band v. Enbridge Energy Co., the District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Judge William M. Conley) found that a pipeline owned by a Canadian company, Enbridge Energy, trespasses on the reservation of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians. He ordered the pipeline to shut down by June 16, 2026….

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What Does the State Department Think About the Transit Pipelines Treaty?

On February 8, 2024, the Seventh Circuit heard argument in Bad River Band v. Enbridge Energy Co. Enbridge, a Canadian company, owns and operates a pipeline that transports light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Canadian oil fields to the United States and Ontario. The Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians sued Enbridge for…

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George Washington University Law School
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Cornell Law School
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University of North Carolina School of Law
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MoloLamken LLP
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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University of Chicago Law School
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Fordham University School of Law
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Fordham Law School
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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University of Virginia School of Law
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Duke University School of Law
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University of Cambridge
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