Economic Liberties Project – Certificates of Need We filed our amicus brief in support of a woman who would love to use a van to transport college students home after wild nights in Bloomington, Indiana, in Crowe v. City of … Continue reading
PLF opposes the use of disparate impact theory to strike down race-neutral laws that only have a disproportionate racial effect. For example, PLF supported Merrill Lynch, when its policy of promoting successful brokers was challenged as having an illegal disparate impact. … 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
Reason’s Eric Boehm has an excellent article on PLF’s lawsuits challenging anti-competitive licensing laws for movers in Nevada and Kentucky—in which we just won an important decision this morning. Here’s a taste: In 2009, the Pacific Legal Foundation challenged a … Continue reading
Last week, I testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about government barriers to entrepreneurship and the consequences for civil rights. I told the Commission that economic freedom is the great neglected civil right in this country, and that … Continue reading
Today, we filed this brief asking the federal court in Nevada not to throw out our lawsuit against the Nevada mover cartel. That state’s licensing law for moving companies is probably the most anti-competitive business regulation in the nation: as … Continue reading