United States===United States Department of the Interior

The United States===United States Department of the Interior is the defendant in the lawsuit, having removed the exhibit. They are now under a court order to restore it.

The United States===United States Department of the Interior (DoI) oversees the United States===Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and is responsible for implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which mandates the offshore oil and gas lease sales.

The United States===United States Department of the Interior, specifically its United States===Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, approved BP's Kaskida project, leading to the lawsuit. The department is defending its decision, citing energy production standards and national security.

The United States===United States Department of the Interior's stop-work order on the Ørsted===Sunrise Wind project was blocked by a federal judge, who found the decision likely arbitrary and capricious. This ruling challenges the department's claims of national security risks without sufficient explanation.

The United States===United States Department of the Interior, representing the Trump administration, planned to replace the exhibit with its own narrative on slavery and is appealing the court order to reinstall the original exhibit.