Danielle Johnson v. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality et al.
Oregon agency punishes employee who questioned its race-based policies
Danielle Johnson sues Oregon DEQ, alleging retaliation for questioning race-based workplace policies.
Comment on Proposed Rescission of 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
Alaska electric cooperative asks for end to unlawful federal rule blocking rural communities’ energy projects
The people with the greatest motivation to protect and maintain the areas impacted by the Roadless Rule are the communities and businesses who live and work there. Bureaucrats and agency officials should not be able to unilaterally prohibit them from accessing land that could otherwise provide opportunity, employment, and key resources to millions of Americans.
In re: Petition of Thomas Kirsop
Florida homeowner asks water district to follow the law and honor the state’s dock exemption
Kirsop put the question to the district directly: Why are you demanding permits from property owners who do not need a permit?
NLRB v. X Factor S2 LLC
TV production company fights NLRB’s power to order damages without a jury
X Factor S2, LLC challenges an NLRB damages order, arguing the agency violated its right to a jury trial and imposed remedies Congress did not authorize.
Erin Thompson v. FTC
Thoroughbred trainer fights for her right to a judge and jury
Erin Thompson, an Ohio horse trainer, challenges a federal horseracing regime that lets private regulators suspend, fine, and prosecute trainers without a neutral judge or jury trial.
Stanley Cary Gaylord v. Governor DeSantis, et al.
Florida attorney challenges race- and sex-based quota for judicial nominating panel
Florida attorney challenges race- and sex-based quotas for a judicial nominating commission, arguing they violate equal protection rights.
Academy of Doctors of Audiology, et al. v. Kennedy
Audiologists fight Medicare rule denying professional freedom and patient choice
Patients should not need federal permission to pay for lawful care from a qualified professional.
Petition to rescind Santa Maria River’s “critical habitat” designation
California farmers and ranchers challenge agency overreach declaring dry riverbed a critical steelhead habitat
Californian farmers and ranchers should not be forced to shoulder the cost of federal agencies’ refusal to acknowledge decades of data. Every resident of the United States depends on the country’s farmers. When overreaching government policies drive up the cost of operating—or threaten the ability to farm at all—every American pays the price.
State of Ohio v. Robert Dunn II
Ohio farm owner fights rules that keep productive land idle
Rob Dunn bought 87 acres in Vermilion, Ohio, hoping to farm land that had long been designated for it. Instead, runoff from a road culvert floods his fields, woods, and front yard. When local officials refused to help, Rob placed fill to protect his home. Now Ohio EPA is suing him, claiming a seasonal low spot is a protected water. With PLF's help, Rob is fighting back.