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

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 tohether 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.

Help us meet legal costs

We do not yet know what level of expense will be involved in fighting this legal case, but it will certainly cost us considerable time and effort, alongside as-yet-unknown levels of legal fees. If you wish to support BankTrack, please see our donations page. Thank you.

Help us document this case

Regardless of the eventual outcome  we consider the lawsuit an important event that will determine the way civil society groups will be able to operate in the future. As such, we think it is worth documenting the proceedings, for example through a film documentary or a thesis. If you are a film maker or a law student that wants to take up this lawsuit as a topic for a documentary or thesis, (paid for by your own funds as we do not have funding available) please get in touch with Johan Frijns, director of BankTrack. 

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News

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Type:
Year:
blog
external news
our news

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

2019-02-15 | Reuters
blog
external news
our news

Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

2019-02-14 | Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Racketeering lawsuit by Dakota Access developer dismissed

2019-02-14 | The Washington Times
blog
external news
our news

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

2019-02-14 | DeSmog
blog
external news
our news

Judge says Dakota Access developer can’t sue BankTrack

2018-07-26 | The Washington Post
blog
external news
our news

Nederlandse ngo vrijgesproken in miljardenzaak Dakota Pipeline

2018-07-25 | BNR Nieuwsradio
blog
external news
our news

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

2018-06-18 | Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

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

2018-03-15 | Greenpeace
blog
external news
our news

Pipeline problem: Can you sue a protest movement?

2017-12-14 | Capital Journal
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-12-01 | EarthRights International
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace files to dismiss Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit

2017-11-30 | The Bismarck Tribune
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-11-15 | The Intercept
blog
external news
our news

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Portraying Environmental Activism as Illegal Racket

2017-10-16 | Inside Climate News
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-10-16 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

De pijplijn in Dakota zorgt voor een schadeclaim in Nijmegen

(article in Dutch)
2017-10-05 | Trouw
blog
external news
our news

Aanklacht van 1 miljard tegen Nederlands bedrijf vanwege eco-terrorisme

(news item in Dutch)
2017-10-04 | BNR Nieuwsradio
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

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
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace krijgt miljardenclaim

(article in Dutch)
2017-09-01 | BNR Nieuwsradio
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-09-01 | Democracy Now!
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace sued over Dakota Access Pipeline

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

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

2017-08-29 | Business Insider
blog
external news
our news

How a Corporate Assault on Greenpeace Is Spreading

2017-08-28 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-08-25 | Grist
blog
external news
our news

Groups sued by pipeline company decry attack on free speech

2017-08-24 | Bismarck, N.D. | Star Tribune
blog
external news
our news

Greenpeace aangeklaagd om 'valse claims' over pijpleiding

(article in Dutch)
2017-08-23 | De Volkskrant
blog
external news
our news

Energy Transfer Suit Claims Greenpeace Incites Eco-Terrorism

2017-08-22 | Bloomberg
blog
external news
our news

Why energy companies are accusing Greenpeace of breaking organized crime laws

2017-08-22 | Gizmodo
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-08-22 | The Washington Post
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-08-22 | The Washington Post
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-08-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

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

2017-05-27 | The Intercept

Documents

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other documents
2019-02-14 00:00:00

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

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

ETP v BankTrack - Dismissal Opinion

2018-07-24 00:00:00 | North Dakota District Court
ngo documents
2018-06-18 00:00:00

Too Far, Too Often

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

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

2018-03-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack
company documents
2018-02-08 00:00:00

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

2018-02-08 00:00:00 | ETE/ETP
ngo documents
2017-11-28 00:00:00

Greenpeace Motion to Dismiss

2017-11-28 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
other documents
2017-11-29 00:00:00

BankTrack Motion to Dismiss Energy Transfer Lawsuit

2017-11-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
company documents
2017-08-22 00:00:00

Energy Transfer partners lawsuit

(Case 1:17-cv-00173-CSM)
2017-08-22 00:00:00 | Energy Transfer Equity L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners L.P.
company documents
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)
2017-08-22 00:00:00 | ETE/ETP

Media






Links

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

https://theintercept.com/series/oil-and-water/

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

August 25th 2017

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/08/25/we-were-greatly-harmed-lost-millions-of-dollars-energy-transfer-partners-ceo.html
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