North Dakota v. U.S. Department of the Interior

On December 19, 2025, the federal district court granted plaintiff North Dakota and federal defendants’ request to dismiss North Dakota’s action challenging a Resource Management Plan (RMP) amended during the Biden administration to restrict future coal development on federal lands in the state. The parties had notified the court that President Trump signed a resolution on December 11, 2025 that disapproved and nullified the amended RMP under the Congressional Review Act. The parties therefore requested that the case be dismissed as moot.

In the State of North Dakota’s lawsuit challenging an amended Resource Management Plan (RMP) that restricted future coal development on federal lands in the state, the federal district court for the District of North Dakota granted the parties’ joint motion to adopt a stipulated preliminary injunction enjoining the amended RMP while the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reconsiders land management. The court also granted the parties’ request to stay proceedings in the case.