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Author: Brandon Middleton Much of Georgia depends on Lake Lanier for their water supply.  There is an ongoing dispute concerning how much of Lake Lanier's water should be devoted downstream to endangered species in Florida.  After a two-year water shortage, folks in Georgia are well aware of how the Endangered Species Act can be use ...

Author: Jim Burling A Florida Court of Appeals held on Wednesday, in Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Toby Borgoff, that the deliberate destruction of over 100,000 healthy citrus trees constituted a compensable taking. The trees had been destroyed because other nearby trees were infected with citrus canker – a disease that dis ...

Author: Daniel Himebaugh Fox News' On the Record has posted this video, in which attorneys representing Utah, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana discuss their impressions of Tuesday's hearing on the motion to dismiss the states' suit against the new federal health care law. PLF is representing Matt Sissel, an Iowa City business owner, in a ...

Author: Reed Hopper Builder magazine reports: Last week’s announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—that it would consider reclassifying the wood stork, a wading bird often found in South Florida’s Everglades, as "threatened" from its current "endangered" status—is the culmination of nearly five years of ...

Now that the Supreme Court has granted all three Obamacare petitions coming out of Florida (and has some other Obamacare cases on ice), you might just be wondering what, exactly, the legal issues are that the Supreme Court will be looking at when it decides this case. Contrary to all the posturing and politicking going … ...

Simone and Lyder Johnson intimately know why individuals need steadfast protection against government power. Their case, which they won at the trial level, will soon be heard by the Florida Court of Appeal.  In Pacetta, LLC v. Town of Ponce Inlet, the trial court determined that the town made numerous promises to entice the Johnsons … ...

It’s been another amazing week here at PLF.  Here are a few of the highlights. Property Rights — Back to the United States Supreme Court! The Supreme Court granted certiorari today in Koontz v. St. John’s River Management District.  This is the case where the district is demanding a Florida landowner (actually now his heirs  ...

Friday, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief with a Florida appellate court in a shocking case of local government gone awry: The Town of Ponce Inlet v. Pacetta, LLC. According to the trial court, the Town Council broke its promises of fair dealing, instead tying the hands of developers who had already invested millions and started  ...

Today, PLF filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to have the West Indian Manatee and subspecies thereof, including the Florida Manatee, downlisted from endangered to threatened. Five years ago, the FWS concluded in its review of the species that the manatee was very unlikely to become endangered anytime in the next 100 ...