The Blakeys, like all American citizens, have a right to access the courts to resolve property disputes. They filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case. The petition asks the Court to overturn the lower court decision holding that tribal governments have absolute immunity to quiet title actions, thereby barring the Blakeys from resolving their property dispute in court.
Municipal-securities advisor sues SEC for allegedly stripping him of jury trial rights and access to an independent court.
Nursing students sue Georgia for protectionist regulations restricting them from completing their education.
Nursing student sues Montana for protectionist regulations restricting her from completing her education.
San Francisco taxpayers challenge the city’s race-based reparations ordinance as unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
Sovereign immunity is not the silver bullet the State of Arkansas claims. Under decades of legal precedent, the government’s constitutional obligations to citizens qualify as “waivers” of sovereign immunity, meaning citizens do not have to wait for the government to give them permission to sue over a violation of their constitutional rights. These “waivers” include the government's obligation to pay you when they take your property.
Nebraska mother files lawsuit to protect her right to birth freedom.
Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, Rom filed an appeal with the South Carolina Court of Appeals to challenge the agency’s attempted power grab. He argues that the DES cannot claim power to act outside the scope of its jurisdiction and asks the court to overturn the agency’s demand that he destroy his seawall.
California ban on new oil drilling strips private property of all economic use, requiring just compensation.