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FREEDOM QUOTES QUIZ Choose who SAID these eloquent words with the powerful theme:NO to Big Government! 1.    “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.”     A.    Calvin Coolidge    B. � ...

Attention 3Ls!  Apply now for a post-grad litigation Fellowship with PLF at our Sacramento headquarters, starting in September, 2010.   Applications are due at the end of this month, so don't delay! … ...

Author:  Paul J. Beard II Robert Thomas, Managing Attorney for PLF's Hawaii Center, has an excellent blog post about the oral argument today in a closely watched property rights case out of Hawaii.  The issue concerns property owners' access to the courts:  What does a landowner with a taking claim have to do before ...

Author: Daniel Himebaugh Later this week, we will file an amicus brief in support of a property owner who is now in his sixth year challenging a city ordinance that drastically downzoned his property.  (The case is Thun v. City of Bonney Lake, and we will have more information about it on our website once … ...

Author: Daniel Himebaugh My guest column for the Building Industry Association of Washington's newsletter, Building Insight, appears in the May/June 2011 issue.  In the article, I discuss the onerous nature of Washington's ripeness doctrine as it applies to regulatory takings cases, and argue that courts should follow precedent that o ...

In Laurel Park Community, LLC v. City of Tumwater, several manufactured home park owners challenge a city ordinance that essentially prohibits them from using their property for anything but a manufactured home park.  PLF filed an amicus brief supporting the park owners last fall, which we told you about at the time. Now the case … ...

If you’re in the Seattle area tomorrow, please join me on Mercer Island for Women of Washington’s program, “Your Property Rights – and Why They Are At Risk.”  I will be giving a presentation about regulatory takings.  You can find more information here. … ...

Robert Thomas, managing attorney of PLF’s Hawaii Center in Honolulu recently highlighted an important takings case on his excellent blog, inversecondemnation.com.  The Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided R & J Holding Company v. Redevelopment Authority  in December and found that a property owner did have the right to bring his Fifth ...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of PLF’s Northwest Regional Center.  This is definitely a moment to celebrate, and we intend to do so.  But more than that, this is a time to reflect on two decades of PLF’s efforts in the Pacific Northwest. PLF opened its Northwest office in 1992.  Sir Mix-A-Lot was topping … ...