Ten tribal nations are calling on the nation’s highest bench to reject Enbridge’s efforts to move litigation over its aging Line 5 oil pipeline from state to federal court.
The company is asking the Supreme Court to find that lower bench had the power to waive a 30-day deadline for requesting to move a lawsuit brought by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel against the pipeline. The tribal coalition, along with a network of local businesses, filed friend of the court briefs this week backing Nessel’s bid to keep the case before a state bench.
The Supreme Court should “see through Enbridge’s transparent attempt at gamesmanship,” Caroline Flynn, Supreme Court counsel at Earthjustice, representing the tribal nations, said in a statement.
“Enbridge missed a court deadline by more than two years, without excuse,” she said, “and now they want to change the rules.”
