Today, in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Drakes Bay Oyster Company presents its case for enjoining the Secretary of the Interior and the National Park Service from destroying its business before its legal claims can even be heard in … Continue reading
Last December we reported on Siskiyou County Farm Bureau’s court victory against the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Department was demanding that farmers and ranchers seek a permit under the Fish and Game Code simply to exercise their … Continue reading
Earlier this week, I put the finishing touches on an article discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. As you may recall, the case began when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, … Continue reading
Last week, PLF attorneys filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Wyoming landowner Marvin Brandt in his struggle to protect his land from a federal land grab. The case arises from the government’s “Rails-to-Trails” program, … Continue reading
Today, Pacific Legal Foundation, on behalf of itself and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, filed this letter, asking the California Supreme Court to grant review in Schmeer v. County of Los Angeles, which is a case about a paper bag, … Continue reading
Professor William Andreen of the University of Alabama School of Law has posted a new article, Success and Backlash: The Remarkable (Continuing) Story of the Clean Water Act. His thesis is that the Act has done a remarkable job at … Continue reading
California Assembly Bill 823 will be heard next Monday in the state Assembly’s Natural Resources Committee. Since the bill will impose unconstitutional exactions on many if not all farmland development projects in California, PLF sent this letter to the author … Continue reading