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Weekly litigation report—December 2, 2017

December 02, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Motion for summary judgment to be filed in Minerva Dairy, PLF testifies before Congress on WOTUS, and the California Supreme Court upholds compulsory interest arbitration for agricultural employers. … ...

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Weekly litigation update — November 18, 2017

November 18, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear PLF’s First Amendment challenge to political apparel ban, PLF presents oral argument on challenge to access regulation in the Ninth Circuit, and since the Feds get to regulate “species” and “subspecies,” shouldn’t we have an understandable definition of “species” and & ...

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Weekly litigation update — October 7, 2017

October 07, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

New lawsuit challenging ESA overreach WOTUS at SCOTUS on Wednesday An end to mobilehome park fight in Palo Alto Opposing another legislative tax-limitation end-run, this time in Arizona Motion for Judgment attacking unconstitutional permit fees New lawsuit challenging ESA overreach This week we filed a complaint challenging the 2016 biological opin ...

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Weekly litigation report — September 2, 2017

September 02, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

This week’s topics: Can the executive branch be the judicial branch? When is “just compensation” unjust? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? … ...

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Weekly litigation report — July 8, 2017

July 08, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

California Supreme Court tells landowners to watch homes fall into the sea Land use in Florida: If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance …. PLF, other organizations, ask Arizona Supreme Court to properly define “tax” Can government condemn a business operation and hand it over to a competitor? Washington court limits reach o ...

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Weekly litigation report — June 3, 2017

June 03, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

PLF asks Supreme Court to protect free speech San Francisco loses again in case over extortionate demands on property owners Sixth Circuit holds that victims of federal takings do not enjoy the right to a jury California Supreme Court hears case that could eviscerate Proposition 13 Farming “mini-mountains” case proceeds PLF asks Supreme ...

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Weekly litigation report — December 31, 2016

December 31, 2016 | By JAMES BURLING

Affordable housing mandates on their way up Unsurprisingly, the California Supreme Court denied our petition for review in 616 Croft Avenue v. City of West Hollywood. This is the case where the City is demanding a half-million dollars in affordable housing subsidies from a couple who want to build more housing — 11 condominiums where … ...

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Weekly litigation report — November 19, 2016

November 19, 2016 | By JAMES BURLING

Special taxes Endangered species — otters and urchins Guilty until proven innocent Separation of powers  Special taxes We filed our petition for review in Building Industry Association of the Bay Area v. City of San Ramon. This is the case where San Ramon has put all undeveloped properties into a “special district” so it can  ...

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Weekly litigation report — November 12, 2016

November 12, 2016 | By JAMES BURLING

School choice in Montana Discrimination in government contracting Waters of the United States School choice in Montana We filed this reply brief in Armstrong v. Kadas, our challenge to the Montana Department of Revenue’s attempt to undercut a voter initiative to establish tax credits to be used to help parents send their children to schools ...