Case Summary Issue: Whether a mandatory association violates its members’ First and Fourteenth Amendments’ rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association by using the members’ compulsory dues for…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Forest Service’s mere receipt and review of a hardrock miner’s notice of intent to exercise rights granted to him by Congress in the Mining…
Case Summary Issue: Whether a governmental entity can circumvent the Colorado Constitution’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) by labeling a tax a “fee?” Plaintiff: Colorado Union of Taxpayers Foundation Defendant:…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Colorado General Assembly can circumvent the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) of the Colorado Constitution by granting a government-owned enterprise the power to assess taxes…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Secretary of the Interior acted arbitrarily and capriciously when he listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act? Plaintiff: State of Alaska,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Secretary of the Interior may withdraw over 1,000,000 acres of public lands from entry and location under the General Mining Law without fully and correctly…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may revoke a long-term permit to use government land with impunity when the owner is in full compliance with all the terms and…
Case Summary Issue: Whether federal agencies must comply with federal law and federal court orders? Plaintiff: Rock Springs Grazing Association (RSGA) Defendant: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, in his…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the 2006 Reauthorization of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’s remedial power under the Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by relying on a categorical exclusion established by Congress in reauthorizing grazing permits on land…