A human rights law firm has sued the Louisiana governor's office and a sheriff's office for records involving a crude oil pipeline proposed across the Atchafalaya (uh-CHAF-uh-LY-uh) Basin.

The Center for Constitutional Rights' lawsuit against St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne (shahm-PAHN) also requests records of his office's participation in responses to protests against a North Dakota pipeline. ...

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