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The Orange County Register talks delta smelt

September 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton With a nice mention of PLF. … ...

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Property rights : the little guy's best friend

September 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur Our friends at the Institute for Humane Studies have prepared an excellent short video with Prof. Aeon Skoble, about how property rights protect people who lack political influence: … ...

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Court allows PLF case against Coastal Commission to go forward

September 30, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Paul J. Beard II Earlier this month, the San Luis Obispo Superior Court delivered a nice win to PLF client, SDS Family Trust, in its fight against the California Coastal Commission. The Family is suing the Commission for extorting a mile-long public access easement across its coastal property as a condition of obtaining a … ...

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Obamacare at the Supreme Court's front door

September 29, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur Cato's Ilya Shapiro has a helpful rundown of what's going on with the Supreme Court and Obamacare. … ...

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"Yes, the Deck Is Stacked in Favor of the Government"

September 28, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton Holey Foag's Seth Jaffe on the recent delta smelt litigation developments: The public perception is that big, bad corporations can just spend as much money as necessary to win in court. Those of us in the trenches know that the reality differs. . . . In a bench ruling earlier this month, … ...

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Fifth Circuit holds Severance v. Patterson "rolling beach easement" case is not moot

September 28, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: J. David Breemer Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a short order denying Texas State Officials' motion to hold the Severance v. Patterson rolling beach easement case moot.  The Court thus declined to rescind the questions it had previously sent to the Texas Supreme Court about the legality of ...

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Victory! Court upholds reduced "critical habitat" for bighorn sheep

September 27, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Reed Hopper     One of the most onerous provisions of the Endangered Species Act is the "critical habitat" provision. Under the ESA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is generally required to designate habitat essential for the conservation of a protected species.  The resulting "critical ...

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George Will features PLF's Timothy Sandefur in column on economic liberty

September 26, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Timothy Sandefur George Will’s latest column focuses on the right to earn a living, and the many ways government deprives people of this right to serve the interests of politically influential, established industries, and he mentions several PLF economic liberty cases: In the Cato Institute’s journal Regulation, Timothy Sandefur ...

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Feds file opposition to PLF's request for Supreme Court review of delta smelt case

September 25, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Brandon Middleton On Friday, September 23, the federal government filed this opposition to PLF's petition for writ of certiorari in Stewart & Jasper Orchards v. Salazar.  The Natural Resource Defense Council's opposition to PLF's petition was filed in July. PLF's petition for writ of certiorari was filed in June.&# ...