SLFNov 6, 20191 minJust Compensation: Fifth Circuit ReviewsWASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 6, 2019): Southeastern Legal Foundation joined National Association of Reversionary Property Owners, Professor James W. Ely, and the Cat...
SLFSep 19, 20192 minFifth Circuit: Spider Causes Havoc with Constitutional Property Rights(Austin, Texas): Unless you live in Travis County or Williamson County, Texas, you have likely never heard of the bone cave harvestman. What sounds like some...
SLFJul 22, 20192 minSCOTUS: Legislation Does Not Trump Constitutional Property RightsWASHINGTON, DC: The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires just compensation when the government takes private property. The Constitutio...
SLFApr 26, 20192 minSCOTUS: Fair Housing Act "Disparate Impact" Claims Out-of-BoundsWASHINGTON, DC: Less than four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized disparate impact causes of action under the Fair Housing Act. Tex. Dep’t of Hous...
SLFMar 19, 20191 minSCOTUS: Private Property Owners to Bear Cost of 'Public Aims'?WASHINGTON, DC: Southeastern Legal Foundation joined the National Federation of Independent Business, Cato Institute, and others in urging the U.S. Supreme C...
SLFJan 17, 20193 minSCOTUS: Go To Court, or Not? Key Enforcement Rights at StakeUPDATE (Jan. 16, 2019): Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument for the second time in Knick v. Township of Scott. When the Court ordered reargument...
SLFNov 27, 20183 minSCOTUS: Strikes Major Blow to "Agency Deference," Says Property Owners Deserve Right to DUPDATE (Nov. 27, 2018): This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, unanimously ruling in fav...
SLFOct 16, 20182 minSCOTUS: Hawaii Regs Diminish Private Property Values - How Much is Unconstitutional?WASHIINGTON, DC: Did you know that your property rights can vary depending on the location of your property? Under the current interpretation of the 5th Ame...
SLFAug 9, 20182 minSCOTUS: States Can Take Private Property? Constitution Should Set LawWASHINGTON, DC: The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires just compensation when the government takes private property. The Constitutio...
SLFJul 11, 20182 minProfitable Private Property in Jeopardy: Government Taking in LouisianaWASHINGTON, DC: VDP is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case. SLF, along with NFIB, continues to support VDP, the private company fighting to s...
SLFJun 18, 20183 minStop Regulating Private Land: Supreme Court agrees to hear Alaska appealUPDATE (June 18, 2018): The Supreme Court announced today it will once again hear oral argument in this case. As SLF explained in its Sturgeon I amicus brief...
SLFJan 22, 20182 minSCOTUS: Big Win on WOTUS LawsuitsWASHINGTON, DC: Today, in a critical win for American property owners, SLF’s clients, and the Constitution, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimous...
SLFJan 8, 20182 minSCOTUS: Taking Private Property Should Require Government to Stand TrialWASHINGTON, DC: Critical issue for property owners across the U.S. - Earlier this term, SLF filed an amicus brief in Oil States Energy Services arguing that...
SLFDec 14, 20172 minSCOTUS: SLF, NFIB and Cato Institute Again Challenge Agency Deference to Protect Property RightsWASHINGTON, DC: Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation, joined by NFIB Small Business Legal Center, the Cato Institute, and the National Association of Home Bu...
SLFDec 5, 20172 minSCOTUS: Public Access, Stone Markers, and Requirement to SueWASHINGTON, DC: For thirty years, Southeastern Legal Foundation and like-minded property rights advocates have urged the Supreme Court to overrule Williamso...
SLFNov 8, 20171 minSCOTUS: FL City Forbids Owner from Developing Property, Without Just CompensationWASHINGTON, DC: Southeastern Legal Foundation, joined by NFIB Small Business Legal Center, filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief supporting a Florida land...
SLFOct 12, 20173 minSCOTUS on WOTUS: Arguments on which courts should hear challenges to reg'sWASHINGTON, DC: You want to build a house, add a pool, build a necessary retaining wall, or even just fix a drainage problem in your front yard. No problem...
