The Litigator
Saving the Last Cattle Drive
We hit the trail to learn what it takes to move cattle across Wyoming’s grizzly country
Private Property
First They Ignore You . . .
The Ray family received some welcome news last week: their application got denied. Now, I know what you’re thinking; getting a rejection letter is rarely cause for celebration. But for the Rays, this isn’t a setback so much as an opportunity — an opportunity that has, until now, been denied to them. When the Rays…
Year in Review: 2019 MSLF Victories for Property Rights, 2nd Amendment and More
Our litigation team successfully fought for property rights, the Second Amendment and more in 2019; securing several victories for liberty and American citizens. Those wins included holding the government accountable for being a bad neighbor.
Government Colluded with Airlines and Robbed Property Owners: Inside MSLF’s New Supreme Court Brief
Mountain States Legal Foundation has filed a Supreme Court brief, urging the high court to review the case, Love Terminal Partners, L.P. v. United States.
Love Terminal Partners, L.P. v. United States
Texas Property Owners Left Empty Handed
The Constitution mandates that private property cannot be taken without just compensation. In this case the government and well-connected businesses colluded to take what didn’t belong to them, and a small group of Texas property owners were left empty-handed.
Cedar Point Nursery v. Gould
Private Property Must Be Respected
California regulations allow union organizers to enter private property and solicit the support of workers without compensating the property owner for the use of his property. No business owner should be forced to allow outside union organizers onto his property during business hours.
Herr v. U.S. Forest Service
Michigan Family Fights Against Criminalization of Boating
David A. and Pamela F. Herr own lakefront property on Crooked Lake near Watersmeet in Gogebic County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It was their dream to own a lakefront home to share with their children and grandchildren.
Sunnyside Gold Corporation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Minimizes Responsibility For Water Spill And Leaves Neighbors Financially Liable
In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency released 3 million gallons of mineralized water at the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado. To minimize its responsibility for the spill, the EPA hastily designated a vast area surrounding the mine as a Superfund site and thereby subjected its neighbors to financial liability for its actions.
Action Update
Federal Bureaucrats Flood Private Property To Force Latino Church From Its Refuge For City Youth
In December of 2010, its neighbor, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, without obtaining a Clean Water Act permit, without complying with the National Environmental Policy Act, and over the objections of a hydrological expert, diverted the stream onto its own land. Pastor Victor Fuentes of rural Nevada knows of the dreadful religious persecution in…
Michigan Family Wins 25-year Battle with Government Over Lake Access
Lakewood, CO. – October 2, 2018 – A generation-long battle over access to a lake in northern Michigan between private landowners and the U.S. Forest Service ended Monday when the United States Supreme Court denied an appeal by environmental groups, who sought to restrict recreational use of the lake (Herr v. U.S. Forest Service). In 2010, David and Pamela Herr purchased land on the shore of…