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In re Application of Enbridge Energy to Replace & Relocate Line 5 (For Love of Water v. Michigan Public Service Commission)

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Michigan
Year
2023
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
In re Application of Enbridge Energy to Replace & Relocate Line 5 (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Michigan Public Service Commission)

About this case

Filing year
2023
Status
Application for leave to appeal granted.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Michigan
Docket number
168346
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Mich.
Case category
State Law Claims → State Impact Assessment Laws
Principal law
United States → Michigan Environmental Protection Act
At issue
Challenge to order approving Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership’s application to replace and relocate a segment of the Line 5 oil pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac.
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
Beta
09/19/2025
Application for leave to appeal granted.
Decision
04/02/2025
Application for leave to appeal filed by For Love of Water.
For Love of Water's application sought review of the question of whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Commission did not have a duty to apply the common law public trust doctrine.
Application

Summary

Challenge to order approving Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership’s application to replace and relocate a segment of the Line 5 oil pipeline crossing the Straits of Mackinac.

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Topics
Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience