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Weekly litigation report — March 31, 2018

March 31, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

Trial court strikes down Seattle’s rule banning landlords from selecting their own tenants PLF asks Supreme Court to clarify “temporary” takings law Florida ends Walton County’s unconstitutional land grab PLF asks California to review “endangered” species Oral argument at the Supreme Court in criminal case that c ...

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Family files federal complaint to save their ‘Starry Night’ mural

February 20, 2018 | By JEREMY TALCOTT

Today we filed this complaint against the City of Mount Dora, along with emergency motions asking for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the city. We alleged that the city has acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally by fining Nancy Nemhauser and Lubek Jastrzebski for a Starry Night-inspired mural that adorns the wall ...

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Court upholds Wisconsin’s irrational butter grading law

February 05, 2018 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

The court ruled against Minerva Dairy’s claims that the Wisconsin butter grading law violates the Constitution. … ...

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Weekly litigation report—January 6, 2017

January 06, 2018 | By JAMES BURLING

A win for property owners throughout California, Another twist in another abusive wetlands prosecution, and PLF files its opening brief in a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court. … ...

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A win for property owners throughout California

January 02, 2018 | By JONATHAN WOOD

For years, Oakland has treated small property owners as a piggy bank, demanding ever growing penalties for minor, alleged building code violations and denying property owners any legitimate opportunity to defend themselves. But thanks to a PLF victory in the California Court of Appeal, that abuse will come to an end. … ...

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Weekly litigation report—December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

PLF supports property owners’ right to a jury in federal takings cases, Code violations should not be a city’s no-appeal cash machine, and Courts should rule in the best interests of Indian children—just like other children are treated. … ...

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Ninth Circuit poses tough questions to government in Robertson argument

August 29, 2017 | By TONY FRANCOIS

Today’s Ninth Circuit oral argument in U.S. v. Robertson produced an interesting series of exchanges between the Justice Department appellate attorney and Ninth Circuit Judges Gould and McKeown. A key issue in the case, as I laid out in this morning’s post, is whether the Clean Water Act’s counter-intuitive definition of “na ...

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Licensed out : occupational licensing hurts, not helps

August 04, 2017 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

When Arty Vogt purchased a moving business with his wife Stephanie, he never thought that running it would be easy.  But he certainly didn’t think that he’d be shut down simply because the existing businesses didn’t want to compete with him. Unfortunately, Arty operated in West Virginia, which required movers to obtain a “C ...

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Weekly litigation report — June 17, 2017

June 17, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Interior Secretary Zinke Recommends Bears Ears Reduction Indian River County School Board responds to public outcry, but continues to ignore First Amendment California Supreme Court protects private property Class Action action Florida family loses property rights’ case in Florida appellate court Telling truth to tort Supreme Court asks town ...