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PLF's Sackett and Hawkes victories come to Michigan

August 13, 2016 | By KATIE DUKE

Marquette County, perched on the edge of Lake Superior, is one of the most populated counties in Michigan’s upper peninsula. In order to decrease traffic and to increase safety through the small towns in this area, the Marquette County Road Commission planned to build a road, County Road 595, through some undeveloped land. The County … ...

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PLF files amicus brief on behalf of Marquette (MI) County Road Commission

August 24, 2016 | By MARK MILLER

This past week, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief in federal district court supporting the Marquette County Road Commission as it seeks to build a needed road across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan despite the EPA’s arbitrary and capricious objections. Our Atlantic Center summer law clerk summarized the case in a blogpost rec ...

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Michigan Confidential catches us up on PLF Yooper news

September 23, 2016 | By MARK MILLER

Earlier this week, Michigan Capitol Confidential published a very nice summary of the Marquette County Road Commission v. EPA lawsuit now pending in the District Court for the Western District of Michigan. PLF recently filed a friend of the court brief in that court, and we expect to take on representation of the commission at the … ...

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On the road to the Sixth Circuit

December 16, 2016 | By MARK MILLER

Regular readers know that earlier this year PLF joined the Marquette County Road Commission‘s fight in Michigan federal court to build a road to serve the needs of its community over the arbitrary and capricious objections of the EPA. For those who need to catch up on the background, you can read an excellent summary of … ...

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The road goes on forever and PLF's fight for liberty never ends

February 09, 2017 | By MARK MILLER

This week, Pacific Legal Foundation joined with the Marquette County Road Commission in the upper peninsula of Michigan to appeal the U.S. EPA’s decision to unjustifiably block construction of an important local road project in that region of our country. We join this local government in its effort to fight back against Washington, D.C. ove ...

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Weekly litigation report — February 10, 2017

February 11, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Fighting for a road in Michigan We filed our Notice of Appeal in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals  in Marquette County Road Commission v. Environmental Protection Agency in the upper peninsula of Michigan to appeal the U.S. EPA’s decision to unjustifiably block construction of an important local road project. The EPA is blocking a road ...

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PLF Michigan road project case gets attention from the WSJ

March 03, 2017 | By MARK MILLER

Saturday’s Wall Street Journal will include a Pacific Legal Foundation op-ed co-authored with Mike Pattwell, an environmental litigator at Clark Hill. The op-ed addresses PLF‘s Marquette County Road Commission v. EPA case, where PLF and Clark Hill represent a local government as it takes on the leviathan federal government and its En ...

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Weekly litigation report — June 10, 2017

June 10, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Letter sent to school board in Florida on First Amendment violation Brief filed over EPA’s road ban Butter ban ruling sought California union-inspired anti-free speech rule appealed Free enterprise loses in Oregon Golden parakeet feathers to fly! Caribou decision years behind schedule Victory for Wildlife Sanctuary’s Due Process Rights ...

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Weekly litigation update — August 12, 2017

August 12, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Wheat farming goes on trial Tuesday EPA defends its actions in response brief filed with Sixth Circuit Critical habitat for frogs and a toad challenged Amicus brief filed in Indian “reserved” groundwater dispute Petition for rehearing denied in Utah prairie dog case Pennsylvania school boards may flout the law Siskiyou County appeal on ...