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. ...

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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. ...

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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.  ...

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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 ...

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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.  ...

Stilts v. Rhode Island

Rhode Island’s beach expansion law moves public beach onto private property

Stilts filed a lawsuit challenging the Rhode Island law that illegally converts private beachfront property into public property. ...