Standing Rock (Dundon) – NCAI Amicus Brief 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…
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Standing Rock (Dundon) – NPAP Amicus Brief 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…
Standing Rock (Dundon) – Principal Appeal Brief Plaintiffs-Appellants 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…
Line 3 Documents: Minnesota Prosecutor sought Enbridge funding to prosecute Water Protectors
Documents reveal that Jonathan Frieden, lead prosecutor in Hubbard County, Minnesota, sought Enbridge pipeline corporation’s money to fund prosecution of Line 3 pipeline protestors.
Jane Fonda on the Repression of Water Protectors and PCJF’s Fight to Protect Them
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…
Line 3 Blockade – First Amended Complaint 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.
UPDATE: Victory for Line 3 Water Protectors! Court issues restraining order against Hubbard County & Sheriff to end police blockade of Line 3 camp
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.
Emergency Lawsuit Filed by Indigenous Water Protectors Against MN Sheriff to Stop Police Blockade of Camp at Line 3
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.
Line 3 Letter: CPLL Challenges “Outrageous” Violations of Water Protectors’ First Amendment Rights Opposing Line 3
The Center for Protest Law and Litigation is demanding that police and government officials at the site of the Line 3 pipeline expansion in Aitkin County, MN…
Center for Protest Law & Litigation Challenges Officials’ “Outrageous” Violations of First Amendment Rights of Water Protectors Opposing Line 3
Demands Immediate Cessation of Denial of Access to Public Park and Campaign of Threats, Harassment and Retaliation; Challenges Conflict of Interest of Enbridge Corp. Funding…
PCJF and the Center for Protest Law and Litigation Demand Full Investigation into Police Collusion at U.S. Capitol Attack
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the Center for Protest Law and Litigation are demanding a fully public investigation into the federal and local police planning…
Protesters Were Supposed To Hear Warnings Before Federal Police Moved In. They Didn’t
PCJF’s Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke with NPR’s Morning Edition about the police clearing of Lafayette Park. As heard on NPR’s Morning Editionwith Dina Temple-RastonSept. 11, 2020 Federal police…