SLF Feb 25 1 min Federal District Court Declared CDC Eviction Order Unconstitutional SLF & TPPF prevail in constitutional challenge to Biden COVID Order TYLER, TX (Feb. 25, 2021): Today, the U.S. District Court for the...
SLF Nov 20, 2020 2 min CDC Eviction Moratorium: Lawsuit Filed Challenging Unconstitutional Agency Order - TPPF and SLF UPDATE: (Nov. 20, 2020): Today, SLF along with co-counsel TPPF had the privilege to present our case to Judge Barker of the Eastern...
SLF Nov 3, 2020 3 min Nashville's Sidewalk Mandate: Home improvements are (still) not a government license to steal Nashville, TN (Oct. 28, 2020): Today, SLF teamed up with Beacon Center of Tennessee and plaintiffs Jim Knight and Jason Mayes to file a...
SLF Oct 13, 2020 3 min SLF Warns Glynn County, GA on Short-Term Rental Registry UPDATE (October 13, 2020): The fight over short-term rentals continues in Glynn County, Georgia. The Board of Commissioners recently made...
SLF Sep 24, 2020 4 min Can the CDC Really Halt All Evictions? Q&A with SLF General Counsel. Over the last six months, America has grappled with how to balance the legitimate authority of public officials in a health emergency...
- May 7, 2020 2 min Excluding Property Owners: Health "Emergency" Must Balance with Constitution - UPDATE May UPDATE/GUNNISON COUNTY, CO: Gunnison County government, facing intense legal and public pressure by second homeowners forbidden to enter...
SLF May 7, 2020 2 min Excluding Property Owners: Health "Emergency" Must Balance with Constitution UPDATE/GUNNISON COUNTY, CO: Gunnison County government, facing intense legal and public pressure by second homeowners forbidden to enter...
- Nov 6, 2019 1 min Just Compensation: Fifth Circuit Reviews WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 6, 2019): Southeastern Legal Foundation joined National Association of Reversionary Property Owners, Professor James...
- Sep 19, 2019 2 min Fifth 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....
- Jul 22, 2019 2 min SCOTUS: Legislation Does Not Trump Constitutional Property Rights WASHINGTON, DC: The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires just compensation when the government takes private...
- Apr 26, 2019 2 min SCOTUS: Fair Housing Act "Disparate Impact" Claims Out-of-Bounds WASHINGTON, DC: Less than four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized disparate impact causes of action under the Fair Housing...
- Mar 19, 2019 1 min SCOTUS: 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...
- Jan 17, 2019 3 min SCOTUS: Go To Court, or Not? Key Enforcement Rights at Stake UPDATE (Jan. 16, 2019): Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument for the second time in Knick v. Township of Scott. When the...
- Nov 27, 2018 3 min SCOTUS: Strikes Major Blow to "Agency Deference," Says Property Owners Deserve Right to D UPDATE (Nov. 27, 2018): This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,...
- Oct 16, 2018 2 min SCOTUS: 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...
- Aug 9, 2018 2 min SCOTUS: States Can Take Private Property? Constitution Should Set Law WASHINGTON, DC: The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires just compensation when the government takes private...
- Jul 11, 2018 2 min Profitable Private Property in Jeopardy: Government Taking in Louisiana WASHINGTON, DC: VDP is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case. SLF, along with NFIB, continues to support VDP, the private...
- Jun 18, 2018 3 min Stop Regulating Private Land: Supreme Court agrees to hear Alaska appeal UPDATE (June 18, 2018): The Supreme Court announced today it will once again hear oral argument in this case. As SLF explained in its...
- Jan 22, 2018 2 min SCOTUS: Big Win on WOTUS Lawsuits WASHINGTON, DC: Today, in a critical win for American property owners, SLF’s clients, and the Constitution, the United States Supreme...
- Jan 8, 2018 2 min SCOTUS: Taking Private Property Should Require Government to Stand Trial WASHINGTON, DC: Critical issue for property owners across the U.S. - Earlier this term, SLF filed an amicus brief in Oil States Energy...
- Dec 14, 2017 2 min SCOTUS: SLF, NFIB and Cato Institute Again Challenge Agency Deference to Protect Property Rights WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation, joined by NFIB Small Business Legal Center, the Cato Institute, and the National...
- Dec 5, 2017 2 min SCOTUS: Public Access, Stone Markers, and Requirement to Sue WASHINGTON, DC: For thirty years, Southeastern Legal Foundation and like-minded property rights advocates have urged the Supreme Court...
- Nov 8, 2017 1 min SCOTUS: FL City Forbids Owner from Developing Property, Without Just Compensation WASHINGTON, DC: Southeastern Legal Foundation, joined by NFIB Small Business Legal Center, filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief...
- Oct 12, 2017 3 min SCOTUS on WOTUS: Arguments on which courts should hear challenges to reg's WASHINGTON, DC: You want to build a house, add a pool, build a necessary retaining wall, or even just fix a drainage problem in your...
