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caption id="" align="alignright" width="567" Is this navigable? An exposed permafrost layer -- considered to be a "water of the United States" by the Corps of Engineers. Permafrost underlies roughly 85% of Alaska's 663,300 square miles./caption PLF asks Supreme Court to hear Alaska permafrost case This week, PLF filed a petition asking the Un ...

Ninth Circuit holds that permafrost is a navigable water Today the Ninth Circuit in this opinion ruled against our clients in Tin Cup LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tin Cup, a family owned pipe fabrication business in North Pole, Alaska, sought to expand and relocate its business. The Army Corps of Engineers claimed jurisdiction over the n ...

Good schools for all – regardless of race Florida court sides with NIMBYs and against property rights Indiana Supreme Court loses its way in public trust doctrine case Corps cannot treat permafrost as navigable waters EPA ignores PLF advice on CRA and WOTUS Good schools for all – regardless of race Representing seven families, ...

Today, PLF filed an opening brief in the Ninth Circuit in Tin Cup, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers. The case is brought by a small, family-owned pipe fabrication company that wishes to relocate to a new site for its expanding business. The company has not been able to start the relocation, however, because the Army Corps of Engineers has asserted ju ...

Government workers have another chance to declare independence! Supreme Court asked to restore Utah prairie dog conservation program---and constitutional limits on federal power Neither legislative bodies nor government bureaucrats can steal property National Forest lands should be accessible to all -- not just a few hearty backpackers ...

Earlier this week, a coalition of Alaska state legislators urged the state's federal representatives, and relevant members of the new administration, to revoke the so-called Alaska Supplement to the Army Corps of Engineers' 1987 Wetlands Delineation Manual. Citing PLF's ongoing legal challenge, the legislators' letter explains that the supplement i ...

Also today, we filed our reply brief on summary judgment in Tin Cup, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This case, also arising out of Alaska, challenges the Corps' practice of "supplementing" its national wetlands delineation manual with regional variations. The regional supplement that applies to Alaska uses a standard for growing season much m ...

Bills of Attainder and the" Cromwell effect." We filed our amicus brief in Fowler v. Lanier in the Ninth Circuit emphasizing to the court the importance of the Constitution's prohibition on "bills of attainder." While this is a fairly obscure constitutional provision, it is an important protector of our liberty. Indeed, the framers of the Consti ...

Last week, we filed our summary judgment brief in Tin Cup, LLC v. United States Army Corps of Engineers. At its most particular, the case challenges the Corps' assertion of Clean Water Act authority over permafrost on our client's property outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. But on a larger plane, the case contests the Corps' practice of expanding its we ...