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Court Throws out Energy Transfer's 'Racketeering' Claims Against Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents
Kelly, Sharon
http://www.desmogblog.com/2019/02/14/energy-transfer-racketeering-claims-greenpeace-dakota-access-pipeline-dismissedDate Written: 2019-02-14 Publisher: DeSmog Year Published: 2019 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23550 An energy company that tried to bring RICO charges against Greenpeace and other people opposing their pipeline have had their case thrown out. Abstract: -- Excerpt: A North Dakota federal judge dismissed Energy Transfer's racketeering lawsuit against Greenpeace and all its co-defendants in a sharply worded ruling issued today, finding that the pipeline builder's allegations fell "far short of what is necessary to establish a [racketeering] claim." In August 2017, Energy Transfer filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act civil complaint against Greenpeace and other environmental groups who had opposed the company's Dakota Access pipeline, claiming that the protests had caused $300 million in damages (and requesting three times that amount from the defendants).... "Donating to people whose cause you support does not create a RICO enterprise," District Judge Billy Roy Wilson wrote. Subject Headings |