December 6, 2018, St. Martinville, LA – Today, a Louisiana judge found that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company (BBP) trespassed on privately owned land when it constructed its oil pipeline in the...
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...
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 10, 2018, New York – Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Scott Lively’s attempt to appeal a ruling from the district court to remove language that harshly criticized his role...
August 2, 2018, Washington, DC – On Tuesday, nine NGOs and experts filed an amicus brief before the US Supreme Court in support of the Indian fishing communities and farmers who are challenging the...
July 25, 2018, New York, NY – In response to a North Dakota District Court’s dismissal of a RICO suit against environmental NGO BankTrack by Energy Transfer Partners, the Center for Constitutional...
May 31, 2018, New York – In conjunction with a court hearing in San Francisco in a lawsuit filed against Greenpeace by Resolute Forest Products, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
U.S. Weapons Used to Fire on Palestinian Protesters May 15, 2018, Gaza, Washington, D.C. and New York – Today, a coalition of Palestinian and U.S.-based human rights groups submitted a letter to U.S...
May 14, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: Israel’s state violence against Palestinians must end. Today Israel continued its campaign of...
Human Rights Watch official’s deportation order comes just over a week after CCR’s Executive Director and Board Chair were both detained and deported May 8, 2018, New York, NY – In response to the...