Environment — Victory in Decker! The Supreme Court issued a major victory for common sense this week in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center. In a 7 – 1 decision, the Court ruled that timber companies did not have to … Continue reading
Environment and Property Rights — Wetlands In response to our lawsuit, the Army Corps of Engineers withdrew its wetlands jurisdictional determination in Smith v. United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Smiths were thanked by the Corps for all the … Continue reading
Property Rights — Water, Fish and Takings The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal on ripeness grounds of Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States. This was the case where the district alleged that a fish ladder and water diversion required … Continue reading
Equal Protection of the Law Today in San Francisco Superior Court, PLF attorney Meriem Hubbard argued cross-motions for summary judgment in Coral Construction v. City and County of San Francisco. In this case back in 2010, the California Supreme Court … Continue reading
Property Rights — Pretextual eminent domain Somebody at the Supreme Court is interested in what’s been going on in Guam — or at least the blatant pretextual taking of our client’s property in Ilagen v. Ungacta, a case described in … Continue reading
Endangered Species Act — Uninhabitable Critical Habitat This week we filed our complaint in Markle Interests v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service in response to the government’s listing 1544 acres of private property in Louisiana as critical habitat for … Continue reading
Individual Rights — Defending the right to petition our government. Hollingsworth v. Perry in the U.S. Supreme Court. We addressed the question whether sponsors of initiatives have standing to defend those initiatives in court — especially when a state’s attorney … Continue reading