In November 2019, the action alliance Ende Gelände blocked coal excavators in an open-cast mine of MIBRAG. The coal company then took legal action not only against the activists, but also against others on the scene, such as the then press spokesperson of Ende Gelände, members of the Saxon state parliament and several journalists - very much in the style of SLAPPs, strategic lawsuits against a critical public. Marco Bras dos Santos, one of the journalist concerned, filed an appeal against this with the Federal Constitutional Court. The court is now dealing with the case.