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…
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…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the burden of proof rests on the United States to justify its retention of personal property it seized after the conclusion of its criminal investigation? Plaintiff:…
Case Summary Issue: Whether federal agencies can alter the scope of a property interest granted by Congress by redefining the scope of the grant or imposing a permitting requirement on…
Case Summary Issue: Whether federal agencies can alter the scope of a property interest granted by Congress by redefining the scope of the grant or imposing a permitting requirement on…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits a taking that the government claims is for economic development, when the evidence shows it is actually…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Alaska may claim title to lands underlying non-navigable streams that were conveyed by the federal government into private ownership prior to Statehood? Plaintiff: Lacano Investments, LLC,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether a State may effectuate an uncompensated land-grab by claiming that a river is generally navigable as a whole without engaging in a section-by-section analysis of the…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may seize private property without paying just compensation and whether the federal government may ignore reversionary property interests of landowners in its operation…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the United States may defeat the purpose of a mining patent by claiming an ownership interest in the structures that are reasonable and incident to mining…