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.
Shannon Poe v. Idaho Conservation League
Defending livelihoods from dredged-up pollution claims
Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation at no charge, Shannon is asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn the lower court’s decision to restore his livelihood and strengthen the separation of powers by limiting broad deference to agencies like the EPA.
Leachco, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Small family business battles arbitrary prosecution for baby pillow
Jamie Leach is a self-described “Innovationer™” who, after a close call with her seven-month-old son, leveraged her experience as a registered nurse and mom to start Leachco, Inc., a small, family-owned business based in Ada, Oklahoma, that’s determined to make the world safer for babies.
Robert Mayfield v. U.S. Department of Labor
Businessman fights DOL’s illegal minimum salary rule to preserve opportunities for his beloved management team
Robert has the right to run his business as he sees fit, free of arbitrary government handicaps that limit the opportunities of the employees he’s identified as leaders. Represented free of charge by PLF, Robert and his company have filed a constitutional challenge to the DOL’s salary level rule in federal court.