Frank Thompson v. Carl Wilson
Maine lobsterman challenges unconstitutional 24/7 GPS tracking
Fifth-generation lobsterman Frank Thompson has lived on the waters around Vinalhaven for over 60 years. He’s been working on lobster boats for 55.
American Public Health Association v. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy producers urge courts to affirm the repeal of the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding
When government agencies correctly relinquish powers that they should never have exercised, the courts should not order them to take those powers back up.
Zolfaghari v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Corps defies Supreme Court to wield fake power over retiree’s property rights—forever
Dr. Sedigheh Zolfaghari is challenging the Corps’ illegal enforcement of permit terms based on the blatant fabrication that her land contains regulated wetlands.
Foster Farms v. EPA
Federal government continues to abuse Clean Water Act to micromanage property owners
Ron Foster is asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the district court’s failure to apply the correct legal standard mandated by Sackett II.
Alaska Forest Association v. Rollins
The U.S. Forest Service’s “rule by fiat” clearcuts Alaskan timber livelihoods and the rule of law
Kirk, Eric, and the Alaska Forest Association are challenging the Forest Service’s blatant attempt to circumvent Congress.
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.
Green v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishermen fight illegal fishing ban
In 2021, President Biden issued a presidential proclamation that banned commercial fishing across millions of acres in the fertile Georges Bank region of the North Atlantic Ocean, a devastating blow to New England’s iconic fishing industry. If the president can designate “ecosystems” and millions of acres of the ocean floor as “a national monument,” there is no meaningful limit on what the president can designate under the Antiquities Act. Nor is there any meaningful limit on how much “land” he can rope off from productive use.
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 federal lawsuit to rein in the president’s illegal land-grab, protect his property rights, and restore the rights of all Americans to earn an honest living.
Bill Walmsley, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission
Illegally formed private regulatory board threatens horseracing livelihoods
Represented in federal court at no charge by Pacific Legal Foundation, the horsemen and the Horsemen’s Benevolent Protective Association Iowa are challenging the illegal regulatory scheme that outsources legislative, executive, and judicial powers to a private industry association.