BP: Tribes battling Dakota Access win partial victory in dispute over federal documents

BISMARCK — American Indian tribes suing to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline have won a partial victory in a dispute over government documents, though it’s unclear how useful the information might be to them as they prepare another demand for more environmental study of the project.

The federal judge in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing the years-long lawsuit also has set a late-summer deadline for final tribal arguments, though the case won’t be resolved for months afterward.

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