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Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company is a California non-profit water company that has been lawfully using water from Deer Creek for irrigation since 1862. When drought struck the state in 2014 and again the following year, California's State Water Resources Control Board ordered Stanford Vina to stop using water from Deer Creek or face seriou ...

You've just moved to Tennessee, hoping to realize your entrepreneurial dream of opening your own liquor store. Sorry, but you're out of luck: the Volunteer State refuses to issue a retail liquor permit to anyone who hasn't resided in the state for at least two years. That flies in the face of Constitutional requirement that states must treat Ame ...

If you care about issues like free speech and private property rights, keep an eye on the case of Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, PLF, along with TechFreedom, filed a brief before the Supreme Court in the case, supporting the principle that private property remains private even whe ...

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Public land stewards reiterate that the president can reduce the size of national monuments Briefing is now complete on the motion to dismiss Utah Diné Bikéyah v. Trump, a case that challenges the president's ability to reduce the size of national monuments. PLF represents individuals and non-profit organizations that recreate, work, and volun ...

Just when we thought California's government could not get any more dumb. In addition to being known for some of America's finest cities (I see you San Diego!), incredible beaches and natural wonders, and the best Mexican food this side of the Rio Grande, California is also known for having one of the most authoritarian and oppressive government ...

Today we filed an amicus brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court to make sure they apply the correct analysis when considering a Takings Clause challenge. Winona County, Minnesota recently banned the mining of silica sand, a material often used in fracking operations outside the state. Before the ban, Minnesota Sands, LLC, a mining company, entered ...

Another PLF win in the Supreme Court This week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously (8–0 with Justice Kavanaugh not participating) in favor of PLF client Edward Poitevent and his family in Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. In a factual sense, the decision concerns whether the endangered dusky gopher frog's "critical habitat" ...

Knick to be reargued caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="343" Ms. Knick's case heads back to the Supreme Court for more argument/caption The court has ordered Knick v. Scott Township for reargument. In this order the Court has asked Ms. Knick to file a supplemental briefs by the end of the month with the town's reply due just before Chr ...