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South Carolina Civil Forfeiture

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Lawsuit

Case asks court to end “policing for profit” and restore South Carolinians’ expectation that they are innocent until proven guilty South Carolina Civil Forfeiture

Filed: 1594771200July 15, 2020

Location: Columbia, SC

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

State Funeral Bureau opposes resurgence of a meaningful American tradition California End-of-Life Doulas

Filed: 1593475200June 30, 2020

Location: Sacramento, CA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment
Lawsuit

California Firefighter Fresh Start

Filed: 1592524800June 19, 2020

Location: Sacramento, California

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Memphis Environmental Court

Filed: 1592438400June 18, 2020

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Montana Bans Doctors from Offering Medications to Their Patients Just to Protect Pharmacies from Competition Montana Doctor Dispensing

Filed: 1591920000June 12, 2020

Location: Missoula, MT

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

An Arizona county uses its zoning code to suspend constitutional rights Yavapai Free Speech and Association

Filed: 1590451200May 26, 2020

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Status: Pending

Commercial Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Lincoln, NE Cottage Foods

Filed: 1589846400May 19, 2020

Location: Lincoln, NE

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

New Orleans Ankle Monitors

Filed: 1589414400May 14, 2020

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Nebraska law requires business owner to get his competitors’ permission in order to transport patients Nebraska CON

Filed: 1587600000April 23, 2020

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

North Carolina Ophthalmologist Challenges Outdated Certificate of Need (“CON”) Law North Carolina CON II

Filed: 1587600000April 23, 2020

Location: New Bern, NC

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Neighbors Challenge County’s Burdensome Regulations on Little Free Pantries Washington Little Free Pantry

Filed: 1586995200April 16, 2020

Location: Clarkston, Washington

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Landowners sue to stop warrantless searches Tennessee Open Fields

Filed: 1586822400April 14, 2020

Location: Camden, TN

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

North Dakota Food Freedom

Filed: 1585267200March 27, 2020

Location: Bismarck, North Dakota

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Taking on The Shell Games That Allow Federal/State Task Force Members To Violate Your Rights Brownback v. King

Filed: 1581638400February 14, 2020

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Status: Pending

Immunity and Accountability
Lawsuit

Tennessee Parents Intervene in Court to Defend ESA Program Tennessee School Choice

Filed: 1581292800February 10, 2020

Location: Memphis, TN

Status: Pending

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Detroit’s Unconstitutional Civil Forfeiture Program Detroit Civil Forfeiture

Filed: 1580860800February 5, 2020

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Pittsburgh Retiree Sues Federal Government to Get His Life Savings Back Pittsburgh Airport Forfeiture

Filed: 1579046400January 15, 2020

Location: Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Lawsuit Challenges Arizona Engineering Licensing Law Arizona Engineering Licensing

Filed: 1575504000December 5, 2019

Location: Chandler, AZ

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Nepali Immigrants Sue Kentucky Over Law That Stopped Them from Opening a Home Health Care Business Kentucky CON

Filed: 1575417600December 4, 2019

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

Landlord and Tenants Sue Illinois City Challenging Unconstitutional Home Inspections Zion, Illinois Rental Inspections

Filed: 1569542400September 27, 2019

Location: Zion, Illinois

Status: Pending

Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Nevada’s Legislature ignores the state’s Constitution to reduce support for educational choice Nevada Tax Credit Scholarships

Filed: 1565827200August 15, 2019

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Status: Pending

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Attorneys Petition for Reduced Burden in Licensing of Lawyers Minnesota Continuing Legal Education

Filed: 1565136000August 7, 2019

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Illinois Family Sues to End Law Threatening Them With Compulsory Eviction for a Crime They Did Not Commit Granite City Compulsory Evictions

Filed: 1564617600August 1, 2019

Location: Granite City, Il

Status: Pending

Private Property
Lawsuit

Charlottesville Treats Members of Its Creative Community Like ATMs Charlottesville Writer Tax

Filed: 1563926400July 24, 2019

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Status: Pending

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Texas Bans Doctors from Offering Medication to Their Patients Just to Protect Pharmacies from Competition Texas Doctor Dispensing

Filed: 1561593600June 27, 2019

Location: Austin, TX

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

Louisiana Hair Braiders Fight For Right To Earn An Honest Living Louisiana Hair Braiding

Filed: 1560988800June 20, 2019

Location: Baton Rouge

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Florida Man Could Lose His Home For Having Long Grass Dunedin, FL Foreclosure

Filed: 1557273600May 8, 2019

Location: Dunedin, FL

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

The Windy City tows the cars of innocent people and holds them for ransom Chicago Impound

Filed: 1556582400April 30, 2019

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Pennsylvania newspaper fights local district attorney to make forfeiture records public Pennsylvania Forfeiture FOIA

Filed: 1554940800April 11, 2019

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Ron Mugar successfully stopped the city's plan to take his home—and they're still making him pay Norco, CA Enforcement Fees

Filed: 1554163200April 2, 2019

Location: Norco, California

Status: Pending

First Amendment Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Coast Guard-empowered private association concocts reasons to keep an experienced captain from working Great Lakes Pilot

Filed: 1551830400March 6, 2019

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Transportation
Lawsuit

No Day at the Beach for South Padre Island’s Food Trucks South Padre Island Food Trucks

Filed: 1551312000February 28, 2019

Location: South Padre Island, TX

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
Lawsuit

Government Gag Orders

Filed: 1546992000January 9, 2019

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Law Denies Women Right to Work Because of Irrelevant Criminal Convictions Pennsylvania Fresh Start

Filed: 1544486400December 11, 2018

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Food Truck Owners Challenge One of the Most Anti-Competitive Vending Restrictions in the Country Fort Pierce Food Trucks

Filed: 1544054400December 6, 2018

Location: Fort Pierce, Florida

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Seattle’s Mandatory Rental Inspection Law Seattle Rental Inspections

Filed: 1543881600December 4, 2018

Location: Seattle, Wa

Status: Pending

Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Akron Charity Sues for Right to Shelter the Homeless Akron Right to Shelter

Filed: 1539648000October 16, 2018

Location: Akron, OH

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

No Meals on Wheels—Wisconsin Town Stops Family Business From Operating State-Licensed Food Truck on Its Own Private Property Fish Creek, WI Vending

Filed: 1539043200October 9, 2018

Location: Fish Creek, WI

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
Lawsuit

Texas Veterinarian Renews Fight to Give Professional Advice Online Texas Veterinary Speech II

Filed: 1538438400October 2, 2018

Location: Brownsville, TX

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Health Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Federal lawsuit seeks to end religious discrimination and vindicate parental liberty Maine School Choice III

Filed: 1534723200August 20, 2018

Location: Portland, ME

Status: Pending

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Outdated Federal Law Threatens Unique Richmond Publisher Virginia Books

Filed: 1534377600August 16, 2018

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

Commercial Speech First Amendment Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Mississippi Regulatory Board Sues Tech Entrepreneurs to Prevent Competition Mississippi Mapping

Filed: 1531180800July 10, 2018

Location: Canton, MS

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Georgia Lactation Consultants

Filed: 1529884800June 25, 2018

Location: Atlanta, GA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Lawsuit Challenges Doraville, Ga. Practice of Using Traffic Tickets and Other Fines to ‘Police for Profit’ Doraville Ticketing

Filed: 1527120000May 24, 2018

Location: Doraville, GA

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Nurse Files Class Action Challenging CBP’s Abusive Civil Forfeiture Practices Houston Forfeiture

Filed: 1525392000May 4, 2018

Location: Houston, Texas

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

D.C. Parents and Day Care Providers Sue to Stop Rule Requiring Providers to Earn College Degree to Watch Kids Washington, D.C. Day Care Education

Filed: 1524700800April 26, 2018

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges California Cities’ For-Profit Prosecution Scheme Indio Attorney’s Fees

Filed: 1518393600February 12, 2018

Location: Indio, CA

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

There ARE Limits: IJ Takes Excessive Fines Case to the U.S. Supreme Court Timbs v. Indiana

Filed: 1517356800January 31, 2018

Location: Indiana

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

New Jersey Bakers Challenge State Ban on Selling Home-Baked Goods New Jersey Baked Goods Ban

Filed: 1512604800December 7, 2017

Location: Elizabeth, NJ

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Home-based businesses offer people an accessible path to entrepreneurship, but many are illegal in Music City Nashville Home-Based Business

Filed: 1512432000December 5, 2017

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Lawsuit Challenges California Law Criminalizing Teaching Trade Skills California Trade Schools

Filed: 1508803200October 24, 2017

Location: Sacramento, CA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Florida Health Coach Threatened with Jail and Big Fines for Merely Offering Dietary Advice Florida Diet Coaching

Filed: 1506988800October 3, 2017

Location: Pensacola, FL

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Federal Agents Seized A Man’s Truck Over Five Forgotten Bullets. They Said He was Transporting “Munitions of War.” Now, After Having to Wait Two Years, He Is Suing To Get Back His Truck. Eagle Pass Forfeiture

Filed: 1505260800September 13, 2017

Location: Eagle Pass, TX

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Vacation Property Manager Challenges Pennsylvania Real Estate Cartel Pennsylvania Property Management

Filed: 1500336000July 18, 2017

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Minnesota Farm Wineries Fight for Free Trade Minnesota Interstate Shipping

Filed: 1490659200March 28, 2017

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Wine
Lawsuit

Pennsylvania Tenants and Landlord Challenge Unconstitutional Inspections of Homes Pottstown, Pa. Rental Inspections

Filed: 1489363200March 13, 2017

Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Eminent Domain in Disguise: Putting an End to Charlestown, Ind.’s Unconstitutional Home Inspection Scheme Charlestown Property Rights

Filed: 1486684800February 10, 2017

Location: Charlestown, IN

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

South Carolina Clamps Down On Online Medicine to Protect Profits of Established Businesses South Carolina Eyeglasses

Filed: 1476921600October 20, 2016

Location: Columbia, SC

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Waive Your Rights or Else: Challenging NYPD’s Use of “No-Fault” Eviction to Compel Innocent Residents and Businesses to Give Up Constitutional Rights New York City Evictions

Filed: 1476230400October 12, 2016

Location: New York, NY

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Innocent Couple Challenges Arizona’s Rigged Civil Forfeiture System Arizona Forfeiture

Filed: 1475712000October 6, 2016

Location: Holbrook, AZ

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Food Truck Entrepreneurs Sue City Over Vending Law Baltimore Vending

Filed: 1462924800May 11, 2016

Location: Baltimore, MD

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
Lawsuit

Charleston Tour Guides Challenge Unconstitutional License to Talk Charleston Tour Guides

Filed: 1453939200January 28, 2016

Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech Tour Guides
Lawsuit

Montana Moms Seek to Restore School Choice Program that was Struck Down for Including Religious Options Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

Filed: 1450224000December 16, 2015

Location: Kalispell, MT

Status: Pending

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Policing for Profit in St. Louis Co. Municipal Court System Pagedale Municipal Fines

Filed: 1446595200November 4, 2015

Location: Pagedale, MO

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Fighting the Philadelphia Forfeiture Machine: Philadelphia Deprives People of Their Rights While Trying to Forfeit and Profit from Their Property Philadelphia Forfeiture

Filed: 1407715200August 11, 2014

Location: Philadelphia

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Charting a New Course for Economic Liberty: Challenging Lake Chelan’s Government-Imposed Ferry Monopoly Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause Lake Chelan Ferries

Filed: 1318982400October 19, 2011

Location: Washington

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Transportation

Pending Cases

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South Carolina Civil Forfeiture

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Filter by Case Status

Lawsuit

Case asks court to end “policing for profit” and restore South Carolinians’ expectation that they are innocent until proven guilty South Carolina Civil Forfeiture

Filed: 1594771200July 15, 2020

Location: Columbia, SC

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

State Funeral Bureau opposes resurgence of a meaningful American tradition California End-of-Life Doulas

Filed: 1593475200June 30, 2020

Location: Sacramento, CA

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

California Firefighter Fresh Start

Filed: 1592524800June 19, 2020

Location: Sacramento, California

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Memphis Environmental Court

Filed: 1592438400June 18, 2020

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Montana Bans Doctors from Offering Medications to Their Patients Just to Protect Pharmacies from Competition Montana Doctor Dispensing

Filed: 1591920000June 12, 2020

Location: Missoula, MT

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

An Arizona county uses its zoning code to suspend constitutional rights Yavapai Free Speech and Association

Filed: 1590451200May 26, 2020

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Lincoln, NE Cottage Foods

Filed: 1589846400May 19, 2020

Location: Lincoln, NE

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

New Orleans Ankle Monitors

Filed: 1589414400May 14, 2020

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Nebraska law requires business owner to get his competitors’ permission in order to transport patients Nebraska CON

Filed: 1587600000April 23, 2020

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

North Carolina Ophthalmologist Challenges Outdated Certificate of Need (“CON”) Law North Carolina CON II

Filed: 1587600000April 23, 2020

Location: New Bern, NC

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Neighbors Challenge County’s Burdensome Regulations on Little Free Pantries Washington Little Free Pantry

Filed: 1586995200April 16, 2020

Location: Clarkston, Washington

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Landowners sue to stop warrantless searches Tennessee Open Fields

Filed: 1586822400April 14, 2020

Location: Camden, TN

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

North Dakota Food Freedom

Filed: 1585267200March 27, 2020

Location: Bismarck, North Dakota

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Taking on The Shell Games That Allow Federal/State Task Force Members To Violate Your Rights Brownback v. King

Filed: 1581638400February 14, 2020

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Tennessee Parents Intervene in Court to Defend ESA Program Tennessee School Choice

Filed: 1581292800February 10, 2020

Location: Memphis, TN

Status: Pending