Energy Transfer is asking a North Dakota judge to issue an emergency order barring Greenpeace International from seeking relief from a Dutch court for its mounting legal costs.
Last week, the owner of the Dakota Access pipeline asked a state court to prevent the environmental group from pursuing damages in the Netherlands. Greenpeace International is invoking a European law to offset the cost of defending itself from Energy Transfer’s defamation claims in state court.
The “duplicative and vexatious” lawsuit “threatens the legitimacy of the North Dakota judiciary,” attorneys for Energy Transfer told the state court.
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They also asked the court for expedited review of their request for an injunction.
