“State records document a widespread problem as counties confiscate millions of dollars that should have been remitted as just compensation for taking the property above and beyond the tax debt owed.”
May 02, 2025
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
“The restriction obstructs the fundamental, cherished, and deeply rooted right of all Americans to establish a home, including the right to select members of one’s household.”
April 18, 2025
Supreme Court of Ohio
“The third-party doctrine enables government to gather broad swaths of information without first obtaining a warrant based on probable cause and particularized suspicion.”
March 28, 2025
Supreme Court of the United States
“The downward ratchet of property and privacy protections that result from administrative regulations has a profound effect on the fundamental liberties defended by Article I, § 14 and the Fourth Amendment.”
April 01, 2025
Ohio Supreme Court
"Does the Fourth Amendment permit warrantless searches of customer records held by third-party ser- vice providers if the records are contractually owned by the customer, or if those records enable surveillance of future behavior?"
March 28, 2025
Supreme Court of the United States
"When the government passes a law that authorizes the public and/or the government to invade private parcels without compensation, a per se taking of private property instantly and automatically results."
March 25, 2025
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
“The third-party doctrine enables government to gather rafts of information without first obtaining a warrant based on probable cause and particularized suspicion.”
December 23, 2024
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
"By taking more property than was necessary to pay the debt, the County violated the Michigan and U.S. Constitutions."
January 02, 2025
State of Michigan in the Supreme Court
"As the Supreme Court recently confirmed, the government commits an unconstitutional taking of private property when it retains more than is due from a tax foreclosure sale."
November 26, 2024
Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon