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ETP lawsuit against BankTrack

By: BankTrack
Contact:

For enquiries please contact Johan Frijns, Director BankTrack, at johan@banktrack.org

Water Protectors leave the Standing Rock camp on a "Toxic Tour" of Dakota Access Pipeline Sites, 3rd October 2016 . Photo: Unicorn Riot Media
By: BankTrack
Contact:

For enquiries please contact Johan Frijns, Director BankTrack, at johan@banktrack.org

February 14th 2019: the ETP lawsuit has been dismissed in full. See the judge's decision here.

July 24th 2018: the ETP lawsuit against BankTrack has been dismissed. See the judge's decision here.

August 2017 BankTrack, Earth First! and Greenpeace have been served a lawsuit by Energy Transfer Equity and Energy Transfer Partners (ETE/ETP), the  companies behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The lawsuit, announced in August 2017 and served to BankTrack on 3rd September, alleges that the "group of co-conspirators manufactured and disseminated materially false and misleading information about Energy Transfer and the Dakota Access Pipeline ("DAPL") and "incited, funded, and facilitated crimes and acts of terrorism to further these objectives." On 29 November 2017 BankTrack filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

This page gathers documents and links relating to the lawsuit. See the tabs on the right for links to news stories, documents and media relating to the case. The key documents include:

  • BankTrack's profile on the Dakota Access Pipeline;
  • The full lawsuit, filed in August 2017;
  • ETE/ETP's press release announcing the lawsuit;
  • BankTrack's initial response to the lawsuit;
  • BankTrack's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, filed November 2017;
  • ETP's response to the motion to dismiss, filed February 2018.

We will update this page regularly to inform the public on proceedings.

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BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

U.S. court dismisses Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit against Greenpeace

2019-02-15 | Reuters
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

2019-02-14 | Greenpeace
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Racketeering lawsuit by Dakota Access developer dismissed

BankTrack quoted
2019-02-14 | The Washington Times
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Court Throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘Racketeering’ Claims Against Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents

2019-02-14 | DeSmog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Judge says Dakota Access developer can’t sue BankTrack

2018-07-26 | The Washington Post
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nederlandse ngo vrijgesproken in miljardenzaak Dakota Pipeline

2018-07-25 | BNR Nieuwsradio
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Judge dismisses DAPL case against BankTrack in full: our reaction

2018-07-25 | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace USA report shows pipeline company behind new anti-protest legislation in the US

2018-06-18 | Greenpeace
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

CEO Behind Dakota Access Pipeline Says Protesters Should Be “Removed From the Gene Pool”

2018-03-15 | Greenpeace
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Pipeline problem: Can you sue a protest movement?

2017-12-14 | Capital Journal
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Defending BankTrack – Standing Up for Free Speech in Defense of Human Rights and the Environment

2017-12-01 | EarthRights International
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace files to dismiss Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit

2017-11-30 | The Bismarck Tribune
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists

2017-11-15 | The Intercept
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Portraying Environmental Activism as Illegal Racket

2017-10-16 | Inside Climate News
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace Fells Logger’s Suit Over ‘Forest Destroyer’ Tag

2017-10-16 | Bloomberg
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Industry Lawsuits Try to Paint Environmental Activism as Illegal Racket

Logging and pipeline companies are using a new legal tactic to seek damages from Greenpeace and other groups. The long-shot cases are having a chilling effect
2017-10-05 | Inside Climate News
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

De pijplijn in Dakota zorgt voor een schadeclaim in Nijmegen

(article in Dutch)
2017-10-05 | Trouw
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Aanklacht van 1 miljard tegen Nederlands bedrijf vanwege eco-terrorisme

(news item in Dutch)
2017-10-04 | BNR Nieuwsradio
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace v. Energy Transfer Partners: The Facts

Energy Transfer Partners, builder of the Dakota Access pipeline, has enlisted Donald Trump’s favorite law firm to attack Greenpeace and others fighting for Indigenous rights and the climate.
2017-09-06 | Greenpeace
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

DAPL sues resisters for $1 billion

Corporate claim fingers Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawyers for racketeering in ‘the Enterprise’
2017-09-04 | Intercontinental Cry
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace krijgt miljardenclaim

(article in Dutch)
2017-09-01 | BNR Nieuwsradio
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace & Indigenous Water Protectors Respond to Lawsuit Accusing DAPL Activists of Eco-Terrorism

2017-09-01 | Democracy Now!
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace sued over Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace and other NGOs accused of 'eco-terrorism' for blocking DAPL
2017-08-31 | Ethical Consumer
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nordic investors reject Dakota pipeline operator’s allegations (ETP, ETE, NDA , STB, ENB, MPC)

2017-08-29 | Business Insider
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

How a Corporate Assault on Greenpeace Is Spreading

2017-08-28 | Bloomberg
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

According to this lawsuit, if you opposed DAPL, you’re a terrorist

2017-08-25 | Grist
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Groups sued by pipeline company decry attack on free speech

2017-08-24 | Bismarck, N.D. | Star Tribune
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Greenpeace aangeklaagd om 'valse claims' over pijpleiding

(article in Dutch)
2017-08-23 | De Volkskrant
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Energy Transfer Suit Claims Greenpeace Incites Eco-Terrorism

2017-08-22 | Bloomberg
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Why energy companies are accusing Greenpeace of breaking organized crime laws

2017-08-22 | Gizmodo
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Builder of the Dakota Access oil pipeline sues Greenpeace, other groups

2017-08-22 | The Washington Post
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Dakota Access Pipeline owner sues Greenpeace, arguing it broke organized crime law

2017-08-22 | The Washington Post
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

BankTrack statement on Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit filed by ETP/ETE

2017-08-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

2017-05-27 | The Intercept
Resources
Documents
Videos
Links
2019-02-14 00:00:00

District of North Dakota Court order Energy Transfer Equity vs Greenpeace International

Other document
2019-02-14 00:00:00 | United States District Court District of North Dakota
2018-07-24 00:00:00

ETP v BankTrack - Dismissal Opinion

Other document
2018-07-24 00:00:00 | North Dakota District Court
2018-06-18 00:00:00

Too Far, Too Often

Energy Transfer Partners’ Corporate Behavior On Human Rights, Free Speech, and the Environment
NGO document
2018-06-18 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2018-03-23 00:00:00

BankTrack's reply to plaintiffs' opposition to motion to dismiss

Other document
2018-03-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2018-02-08 00:00:00

Energy Transfer Equity L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners L.P. response to Motion to Dismiss

Company document
2018-02-08 00:00:00 | ETE/ETP
2017-11-28 00:00:00

Greenpeace Motion to Dismiss

NGO document
2017-11-28 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
2017-11-29 00:00:00

BankTrack Motion to Dismiss Energy Transfer Lawsuit

Other document
2017-11-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-08-22 00:00:00

Energy Transfer partners lawsuit

(Case 1:17-cv-00173-CSM)
Company document
2017-08-22 00:00:00 | Energy Transfer Equity L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners L.P.
2017-08-22 00:00:00

Energy Transfer Files Federal Lawsuit Against Greenpeace International, Greenpeace Inc., Greenpeace Fund, Inc., BankTrack And Earth First! For Violation Of Federal And State Racketeering Statutes

(press release)
Company document
2017-08-22 00:00:00 | ETE/ETP

'Het is een absurde claim, ze hebben geen zaak'

2017-10-09 14:20:37

DAPL Company Levels RICO Charges Against Greenpeace

2017-09-06 14:53:46

The Intercept Oil and Water files: extensive reports on the Dakota Access Pipeline

Video: CNBC interview with Kelcy Warren, Energy Transfers Partners CEO

August 25th 2017

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