This just in: Judge Cleland has finally ruled on the POLAR lawsuit and (we hate to be smug about it), it’s as just as we’ve been predicting to friends for a while: a mixed bag:
1. He ruled that POLAR does not have standing (not great news, but not a surprise);
2. He denied Enbridge’s motion to dismiss and instead remanded the case back to the state court (good news, in our view).
This ruling means that he did not have to rule one way or another on Brandon’s motion to intervene. Presumably, that will be filed in state court.
We’re in a rush. More tomorrow. But at least the suit lives on…