August 23, 2018, North Dakota – Yesterday, a federal court dismissed the environmental movement Earth First! from a lawsuit by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the corporation behind the Dakota Access...
August 26, 2018... The Center for Constitutional Rights had argued that Earth First is a philosophy or movement similar to Black Lives Matter , and thus can't be sued. ETP unsuccessfully tried to serve the lawsuit...
Countersuing Company for Trespass, Illegal Construction, Landowners Cite Climate Change, Grave Threats to Public Health September 12, 2018, St. Martinville, LA – Today, landowners whose property...
On October 1, 2018, Katherine Gallagher , a CCR Senior Staff Attorney, will appear as a panelist at The Accountability of ‘Major Powers’ for Alleged Serious Violations of Human Rights and...
Updated: September 14, 2018
September 6, 2018...At least 10 members of the group now face the felony-trespassing charge; as of this writing, Pamela Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, says they are waiting to see...
September 12, 2018...Property owners filed new documents in St. Martin Parish on Wednesday that question whether oil companies may take land at all. The Louisiana constitution allows gas pipeline builders to seize...
October 16, 2018... But lead attorney Pam Spees of the Center for Constitutional Rights , who is working on the case with Misha Mitchell, an attorney with the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, doesn’t see the victory as...
Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial and gender justice; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI)...
November 1, 2018A Louisiana court of appeals will decide whether pipeline companies seizing land under eminent domain are subject to state open record laws. The Advocate reports the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal heard...
November 17, 2018Attorneys for Energy Transfer Partners faced tough questions from groups representing landowners opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline at a pre-trial hearing on Nov. 16. The Center for Constitutional...
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