White v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Feds ignore the Supreme Court to prosecute property owners

Robert White worked for many years to build a highly successful commercial seafood business in North Carolina. While he earned a good livelihood, he invested much of his earnings in coastal property as a way to ensure financial security for his children.But now Robert and his family face financial ruin due to a remorseless power grab by two federal ...

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Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al. v. SEC

SEC uses new climate change rule to shame companies and undermine Congress 

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized a rule mandating climate-related disclosures from publicly traded companies. This is on top of the agency's existing regulations requiring companies to disclose material environmental risks.  The new Climate Rule mandates that public companies must report on whether they have imple ...

Joe Manis v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

Horse owner battles government agency’s unlawful in-house tribunals

Joe Manis is a retired North Carolina business owner who has been involved with Tennessee Walking Horses for more than 50 years. When he sold his modular-home company in May 2022 at age 76, he was finally able to focus on the beloved, elegant walking horses he owns and cares for at his family's Laurinburg, ...

Ward v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Feds ignore the Supreme Court to wrongfully regulate property owners

Dan Ward is among a growing number of landowners injured by the federal government's regulatory recalcitrance. His simple desire to build a pond at his rural homestead in Iowa landed him in the crosshairs of the Army Corps' power-hungry desire to regulate landowners and completely disregard the Supreme Court. ...

United States v. Melton E. “Val” Valentine, Jr., et al.

Federal agency ignores the Supreme Court to prosecute landowners

No matter how strong its zeal to make an example of the Valentines and deter other landowners from pursuing similar development, the Army Corps cannot simply ignore a Supreme Court decision or assume enforcement powers it doesn't have. Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation at no charge, the Valentines are now making a full-throated defen ...

Heaton et al. v. Biden et al.

Ranching family fights President Biden’s Antiquities Act abuse

Chris Heaton is a sixth-generation landowner and rancher who embodies the rugged individualism, adventurism, and tireless work ethic of the American West. Chris's land, family legacy, and rights have landed in the crosshairs of President Biden's new national monument designation. Represented by PLF at no charge, Chris is fighting back with a federa ...

KC Transport, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor

Fighting bureaucrats’ nonsensical claim that trucks can be mines

KC Transport is a family-owned, independent trucking company serving a wide array of customers from its five locations in southern West Virginia and Virginia. Its truck fleets provide a variety of hauling services, including coal, earth, and gravel. Trouble began for KC Transport in 2019, when a federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ...

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Ro Cher Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA

EPA’s in-house tribunal undermines fairness and political accountability

Roger and Cheryl Janakus opened their Door & Window Superstore in 1983, selling doors and windows from their Chicago-area retail store and showroom. Under the careful leadership of the husband-wife team, the small business has earned a sterling record and many repeat customers.Nevertheless, the EPA is pursuing the Janakuses with claims that stretch ...

Grant Krueger, et al. v. Arizona Dept. of Agriculture

Arizona’s illegally hatched egg rule scrambles livelihoods and poaches rights

Even for Grant's small restaurant group, hiking eggs' cost by even one cent could force Grant either to cut costs elsewhere or raise prices just to pay the bills and keep the doors open. Despite the direct impact on their bottom lines, neither Grant nor any of his fellow restaurateurs had a seat at the rulemaking table. Nor did voters or lawmakers; ...