DJB Rentals, LLC v. City of Largo, Florida
Florida City’s massive fines are a money-making scheme disguised as code enforcement
Don Bourgeois has taken his fight to federal court to restore his rights and end Largo's destructive and illegal use of fining power as a money-making scheme. ...
SCLS Realty, LLC and Sixty Three Johnston, LLC v. Town of Johnston, RI
Government heist derails affordable housing hopes in Rhode Island
SCLS and Sixty Three Johnston are fighting back with a federal lawsuit to protect the rights of all property owners to use their land to serve important public needs—like affordable housing for families in Rhode Island and nationwide. ...
Tom Hamann v. Heart Mountain Irrigation District, et al.
Ranching family demands just compensation for government-damaged property
Tom Hamann is asking the Wyoming Supreme Court to restore his property rights and hold agencies like HMID accountable to the rule of law. ...
Reinecke v. California Coastal Commission
California Coastal Commission and City of Laguna Beach ignore their own rules to block couple’s right to build an ADU
The Reineckes are fighting back in state courts to force the City of Laguna Beach and Coastal Commission to follow the rules, mandatory procedures, and state law. ...
Colosi v. Charlotte County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
Florida county’s land use permit extortion is for the birds—and illegal
Charlotte County's scrub jay fee scheme is an exorbitant ransom for permission to build a home on one's own land. This is unfair and unconstitutional. ...
In re Petition of Alger, Iron County Treasurers for Foreclosure
Fighting home equity theft in Michigan’s unlawful claims process
The Michigan and United States Constitutions demand that government pay the owner for property it takes, at a minimum, by selling the property and returning any surplus to former owners. No matter what claim processes lawmakers put on the books, once a government takes property, the government must pay for it. ...
David Hood v. CA Department of Agriculture
Fighting California’s lawless general searches under the guise of pest control
David is fighting back with free representation from PLF. He filed a federal lawsuit to restore his right to be secure in his own property and limit the government's ability to trespass on private property under the guise of an unconstitutional general warrant. ...
MAID v. State of Montana
Defending the “Montana Miracle” and the right to build on your property
With free representation by Pacific Legal Foundation, Clancy and David joined the case as intervenors to defend their property rights against MAID's misguided efforts to thwart sound, market-based solutions to the state's housing crisis. ...
Pilling v. City of Healdsburg, CA
Entrepreneur mom fights zoning extortion to build new housing in California
Inclusionary zoning fees make building more expensive. Making something more expensive does not make it more affordable. ...