...U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick in a preliminary injunction Friday halted pipeline construction by Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC.

...[S]pokeswoman for Energy Transfer Partners, the majority investor in the pipeline project, said Monday that construction within the Atchafalaya Basin has been stopped.

Bayou Bridge lawyers have also asked the judge to suspend her work stoppage order, saying the construction halt would cost the company almost $1 million daily. They have asked Dick to resolve that request by Tuesday and want the suspension of the work stoppage while they pursue an appeal with the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The plaintiffs in the suit and the protesters who gathered Monday in Belle Rose are both battling Bayou Bridge, but to different ends. Much of the testimony in the suit discussed the harm being done to the Atchafalaya Swamp. The plaintiffs urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to order the pipeline company to perform meaningful work to offset the damage locally, such as by repairing existing oil infrastructure. The protesters, meanwhile, viewed the pipeline as inherently unsafe and demanded its complete removal.