Amy Cao et al. v. Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology
Manicurists and nail salon owners fight for their right to a trial by jury
Licensed cosmetologist Amy Cao, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation and the Pelican Institute, is fighting back in a state lawsuit to affirm the right to jury trials to challenge licensing board fines. ...
Merrifield v. Lockyer
Pest control entrepreneur defeats California’s unconstitutional licensing law
This landmark victory freed California's nonpesticide animal control services from unnecessary, burdensome licensing mandates, gave consumers more choice in pest control techniques and providers, and cleared the way for entrepreneurs in the states comprising the Ninth Circuit.to pursue the occupations of their choosing and exercise their constituti ...
Pilling v. City of Healdsburg, CA
Entrepreneur mom fights zoning extortion to build new housing in California
Inclusionary zoning fees make building more expensive. Making something more expensive does not make it more affordable. ...
Movie Productions v. National Labor Relations Board
NLRB’s in-house tribunal undermines fairness and rule of law
Labor disputes should be treated like any other legal dispute, not in an agency tribunal where the normal fixed rules of due process are not guaranteed. PLF is representing Producer David Wulf free of charge in a federal lawsuit challenging the NLRB's decision and its sham court that stripped his right to a fair trial. ...
In re Petition of Manistee County Treasurer for Foreclosure
Fighting home equity theft in Michigan’s unlawful claims process
Chelsea is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to finish what it started in Rafaeli and confirm her right to just compensation without complicated claims procedures and unreasonably tight deadlines. ...
theDove, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Nonprofit radio station owner fights FCC’s public shaming rule
Perry is fighting back with a federal lawsuit challenging the FCC's race-and-sex-reporting rule to help restore the separation of powers in government and protect the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws. ...
Urban Artifact v. Col. Christopher Paris
Fighting Pennsylvania’s unfair restrictions on out-of-state craft breweries
Represented at no charge by Pacific Legal Foundation, Urban Artifact is challenging Pennsylvania's unjust beer shipping restrictions that discriminate in favor of in-state breweries and burdens those located out –of state. ...
Russo v. Raimondo
Florida fishermen challenge constitutionality of fishery management councils
When a new regulation makes life worse for commercial fishermen, those fishermen have little recourse—because fishing regulations come from a confusing, multi-layered combination of federal and state bureaucrats with little accountability to either voters or the president. That system is unconstitutional, and two Florida fishermen are challengin ...
B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District, et al.
Elementary school disciplines first-grader for innocent “Black Lives Matter” drawing
An elementary school is not a totalitarian environment in which students have no rights. The district court was wrong to claim otherwise and set a dangerous precedent, totally stripping elementary school students of their First Amendment rights. ...