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Successfully Defending Water Protectors Against Line 3 Criminal Charges

June 11, 2022

Brave water protectors put their bodies on the line tirelessly and peacefully protesting the construction of the Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota, in opposition to the destruction of Indigenous land, resources, and the environment. The CPLL supported water protectors as they faced trumped up criminal charges for lawfully opposing the destruction of their land. This intense fight resulted in important victories and the dismissal of outrageous felony theft charges leveled against water protectors.

June 8, 2022

The Center for Protest Law & Litigation, working with our partners at Earthrights International, won a major victory on behalf of Line 3 Indigenous-led water protectors, obtaining a court ruling that a MN Sheriff’s blockade of their camp was illegal and which barred any ongoing efforts to obstruct access.

April 29, 2022

The legal team representing the Water Protectors, who were violently attacked by police while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, filed an appeal in…

April 29, 2022

The National Police Accountability Project submitted this amicus curiae brief in support of the appeal to the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals in the case…

April 25, 2022

The legal team representing the Water Protectors, who were violently attacked by police while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, filed this appeal in…

November 16, 2021

Water Protectors are facing intense repression from local Sheriffs’ departments in Northern Minnesota who are being financially incentivized and paid to act against the opponents…

October 29, 2021

Filmmaker Abby Martin is plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that banned state contracts with people and entities that boycott Israel.

September 24, 2021

This is the first amended complaint in Houska et al v. County of Hubbard, in which CPLL and co-counsel challenged the illegal blockade of protestors objecting to the Line 3 pipeline.

July 26, 2021

A Minnesota court granted the emergency temporary restraining order we sought on behalf of Indigenous water protectors against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.

July 16, 2021

Indigenous environmental protectors opposing the expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline filed for a restraining order against Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.

May 24, 2021

The PCJF and CAIR won a major First Amendment case, with a federal court ruling that a Georgia anti-BDS law is unconstitutional.

May 21, 2021

The PCJF and the Council on American-Islamic Relations represented filmmaker Abby Martin in the case of Martin v. Wrigley, a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s anti-BDS law…

Movement Defense

Successfully Defending Water Protectors Against Line 3 Criminal Charges

Defending Water Protectors Against Illegal Line 3 Blockade

Standing Rock (Dundon) – NCAI Amicus Brief 2022

Standing Rock (Dundon) – NPAP Amicus Brief 2022

Standing Rock (Dundon) – Principal Appeal Brief Plaintiffs-Appellants 2022

Jane Fonda on the Repression of Water Protectors and PCJF’s Fight to Protect Them

Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Plaintiff Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Line 3 Blockade – First Amended Complaint 2021

UPDATE: Victory for Line 3 Water Protectors! Court issues restraining order against Hubbard County & Sheriff to end police blockade of Line 3 camp

Emergency Lawsuit Filed by Indigenous Water Protectors Against MN Sheriff to Stop Police Blockade of Camp at Line 3

Major Free Speech Win by PCJF and CAIR: Court Rules Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law is Unconstitutional

Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Court Order 2021

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