Property Rights Litigation

• Defending the right to use and protect private property
• Coastal Land Rights Project: Defending property rights in the coastal zone
• Protecting water rights
• Government revenue raising must be lawful and constitutional
• Washington State Growth Control
  
  

Defending the right to use and protect private property

• 480.00 Acres of Land v. United States
• Acorn Land, LLC v. Baltimore County, Maryland
• Action Apartment Association v. City of Santa Monica
• Agripost v. Dade County
• Alto Eldorado v. City and County of Santa Fe 
• Auxier v. City of Hesperia
• Baker v. Watson
• Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Builders League of South Jersey v. Egg Harbor Township
• Burlingame v. State of Washington
• Chicago Area Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America v. Blue Lake Township
• City of Des Moines v. Gray Businesses
• Coeur Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
• Conner v. City of Seattle
• Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. In Re:  Citrus Canker Litigation
• Dunlap v. City of Nooksack
• Dutta v. El Dorado County 
• Fitzpatrick v. Okanogan County
• Griswold v. Carlsbad
• Hage v. United States
• House Rescue Corp. v. Lasby  
• Kamaole Pointe Development LP v. County of Maui
• Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon
• Lee v. Brevard County 
• Douglas and Patricia A. Leone v. County of Maui 
• Leu v. International Boundary Commission
• Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii
• McMaster v. United States
• MHC Financing Ltd. Partnership v. City of San Rafael
• Oddo Development Company, Inc v. City of Leawood, Kansas
• Olstein Family Partnership, L.L.C. v. State of New Jersey
• Pono v. Molokai Ranch, Ltd.
• Quinault Indian Nation v. Sea Crest Land Development Co.
• Regner v. Flagstaff
• Shands v. City of Marathon
• Sierra Forest Products v. Kempthorne
• Snaza v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota
• Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony v. Bondar 
  
  

Coastal Land Rights Project: defending property rights in the coastal zone

• Brannan v. State of Texas 
• Burke v. California Coastal Commission
• Charles A. Pratt Construction Co. v. California Coastal Commission
• Citizens for a Better Eureka v. California Coastal Commission
• Citizens for Rational Shoreline Planning v. Whatcom County
• DeCicco v. California Coastal Commission   
• Electric Pointe, LLC v. City of Los Angeles
• Gualala Festivals Committee v. California Coastal Commission
• Marsh v. California Coastal Commission
• McNamee v. California Coastal Commission
• Samson v. City of Bainbridge Island
• Severance v. Texas General Land Office
• Sharp v. United States
• Sterling v. California Coastal Commission
• Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida DEP 
• Venice Stakeholders Association v. California Coastal Commission 
  

Protecting water rights

• Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer Authority
• Day v. Edwards Aquifer Authority
• Keating v. Nebraska Public Power District
• San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board
  
  

Government revenue raising must be lawful and constitutional

• Home Builders Association of Northern California v. City of Santa Rosa
• Mead v. City of Cotati
• North Port Contractors Association and Sarasota County Home Builders Association v. City of North Port
• Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, LP & Geoffrey Palmer v. City of Los Angeles
• St. John's River Water Management District v. Koontz
• Swisher International, Inc. v. Schafer
  
  

Washington State Growth Control

• Citizens Alliance for Property Rights v. Sims
• Currier v. King County
• Feil v. Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board
• Futurewise v. City of Anacortes
• Futurewise v. Ferry County
• Gold Star Resorts v. Futurewise
• Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board
• Kittitas County Conservation v. Kittitas County
• Luhrs v. Whatcom County 
• Olympic Stewardship Foundation v. Jefferson County
• Thurston County v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board and 1000 Friends of Washington
• Whidbey Environmental Action Network v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board