U.S. Department of Justice preparing legal brief as both sides appeal Line 5 decision
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The U.S. government has been asked to explain to a federal appeals court precisely how it believes the country's 1977 pipeline treaty with Canada should impact efforts to shut down the controversial cross-border Line 5.
A forthcoming Department of Justice brief will mark the Biden administration's first public foray into the long-running dispute between Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. and an Indigenous band in Wisconsin.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals wants the written amicus brief by Feb. 8, when it is scheduled to hear oral arguments from both Enbridge and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
"The court requests the United States to file a brief in this appeal as amicus curiae to address the effect of the agreement … and any other issues that the United States believes to be material," the court ordered last month.
