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SEC Gag Orders

Filed: 1546992000January 9, 2019

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Can States Bar Newcomers from Owning a Business? Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Blair

Filed: 1544745600December 14, 2018

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Law Denies Women Right to Work Because of Irrelevant Criminal Convictions Pennsylvania Collateral Consequences

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
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

Food-Truck Owners Challenge Ban on Competition Carolina Beach Food Trucks

Filed: 1534809600August 21, 2018

Location: Carolina Beach, NC

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
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Outdated Federal Law Threatens Unique Richmond Publisher Virginia Books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

Washington Work Study

Filed: 1534204800August 14, 2018

Location: Spokane, WA

Status: Pending

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

North Carolina CONs Patients: Outdated Law Prevents Doctor From Providing Transparently Priced, Low-Cost MRI Scans North Carolina CON

Filed: 1532995200July 31, 2018

Location: North Carolina

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

License to Teach? Virginia Stops Family Business From Teaching Useful Job Skills Virginia Teaching

Filed: 1532390400July 24, 2018

Location: Richmond, VA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Speech
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

Breastfeeding Battle: New Georgia Law Will Put Many Lactation Consultants Out of Work on July 1 Georgia Lactation Consultants

Filed: 1529884800June 25, 2018

Location: Atlanta, GA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

U.S. Customs & Border Protection Unlawfully Seizes Cleveland Family’s Life Savings, Won’t Give It Back Cleveland Forfeiture

Filed: 1527724800May 31, 2018

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Puerto Rico School Choice

Filed: 1527724800May 31, 2018

Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
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

Maryland Dairy Farmers Sue for Right to Tell the Truth FDA Skim Milk

Filed: 1522886400April 5, 2018

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Status: Pending

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Food Freedom Food Freedom
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

Wyoming law enforcement pressures drivers to sign a form “giving” their cash to law enforcement agencies and waiving any right to court proceedings. Wyoming Forfeiture

Filed: 1512086400December 1, 2017

Location: Cheyenne, WY

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture 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

License to Teach: North Carolina Forces Makeup Artists to Teach Unrelated Skills or Face Thousands in Fines North Carolina Makeup Schools

Filed: 1503446400August 23, 2017

Location: Charlotte, NC

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
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

How Louisville Helps Restaurants Shut Down Their Food-Truck Competition, and How IJ Is Going to Stop It. Louisville Vending

Filed: 1498608000June 28, 2017

Location: Louisville, KY

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Vending
Lawsuit

Ending Iowa's CON Laws That Limit Medical Options and Enrich Established Businesses Iowa Certificate of Need

Filed: 1497398400June 14, 2017

Location: Des Moines, IA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Health Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Illegal Math? A state board in Oregon is punishing people for talking about traffic lights and any other “engineering” topics Oregon Engineering Speech

Filed: 1493078400April 25, 2017

Location: Beaverton, OR

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Video game store sues to protect its inflatable Mario sign Orange Park Sign

Filed: 1491436800April 6, 2017

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Sign Codes
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

San Diego District Attorney Seizes Every Penny from a Local Family Without Charging Anyone with a Crime San Diego Forfeiture

Filed: 1477958400November 1, 2016

Location: San Diego, CA

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture 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

Stopping Kelo From Happening Again West Haven Eminent Domain

Filed: 1475020800September 28, 2016

Location: West Haven, CT

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Enforcing Landmark Civil Forfeiture Reforms To Shut Down An Unconstitutional Forfeiture Machine Albuquerque Forfeiture

Filed: 1472601600August 31, 2016

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Alabama prohibits nonprofit worker from speaking and petitioning the government unless she first flies to Alabama to take a government-mandated ethics class Alabama Right to Petition

Filed: 1472601600August 31, 2016

Location: Montgomery

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Recent Court of Appeals Ruling Disarms Political Speakers, Empowers Campaign Finance Bullies Colorado Lawyer Free Speech

Filed: 1471478400August 18, 2016

Location: Denver, Colorado

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Georgia Land Grab: City Seeks to Bulldoze Family-owned Small Business Georgia Eminent Domain

Filed: 1471305600August 16, 2016

Location: Elberton, GA

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Hanging by a Thread: Louisiana Eyebrow Threaders Fight for the Right to Earn an Honest Living Louisiana Threading

Filed: 1470096000August 2, 2016

Location: New Orleans, LA

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Dallas Auto Mechanic Challenges Constitutionality of Retroactive Zoning Dallas Amortization

Filed: 1469145600July 22, 2016

Location: Dallas, Texas

Status: Pending

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

IRS Seizes First, Questions Later— Much Later Connecticut Forfeiture

Filed: 1464048000May 24, 2016

Location: Connecticut

Status: Closed

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

Broken Brake Light Leads to Oklahoma Sheriff Taking Tens of Thousands of Dollars From Burmese Christian Band, Church, and Orphanage Muskogee Forfeiture

Filed: 1461542400April 25, 2016

Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Parents Sue over Limiting Families’ Options under New School Choice Program Douglas County Religious Exclusion

Filed: 1461024000April 19, 2016

Location: Colorado

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Burying Alabama’s Casket-Sales Cartel Alabama Caskets

Filed: 1459814400April 5, 2016

Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

City Established a Monopoly for the Only Taxi Business in Town, Preventing Competition and Prohibiting Consumer Choice Little Rock Taxis

Filed: 1456876800March 2, 2016

Location: Little Rock, Arkansas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Fleecing Schools and Turning Law Enforcers Into Lawbreakers Indiana Forfeiture

Filed: 1454976000February 9, 2016

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
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

Colorado’s private-enforcement law empowers political insiders to silence any ordinary speaker they disagree with. Colorado Private Enforcement

Filed: 1453334400January 21, 2016

Location: Denver, CO

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Minnesota Landlords and Tenants Go to Court to Fight Unconstitutional Search of Homes Minnesota Rental Inspections

Filed: 1453161600January 19, 2016

Location: Golden Valley, MN

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Wisconsin Farmers Challenge State Ban on Selling Home-Baked Goods Wisconsin Baked Good Ban

Filed: 1452643200January 13, 2016

Location: Madison, WI

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Montana Moms Sue to Restore School Choice Montana School Choice

Filed: 1450224000December 16, 2015

Location: Kalispell, MT

Status: Pending

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

This Ends Now: Enforcing New Mexico’s Landmark Civil Forfeiture Reform To Shut Down The Albuquerque Forfeiture Machine New Mexico Forfeiture

Filed: 1447804800November 18, 2015

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
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

Breaking Down Government Barriers to African-Style Hair Braiding in Iowa Iowa Hair Braiding

Filed: 1445990400October 28, 2015

Location: Des Monies, IA

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

No One Should Need Their Competitors’ Permission to Operate a Business San Antonio Food Trucks

Filed: 1444089600October 6, 2015

Location: San Antonio, TX

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

Nevada Parents Stand Up for School Choice and Join Lawsuit to Defend ESA Program Nevada School Choice

Filed: 1442448000September 17, 2015

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Archdiocese of Newark Seeks to Bury New Jersey’s Anticompetitive Headstone Law New Jersey Headstones

Filed: 1437436800July 21, 2015

Location: New Jersey

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

IJ to IRS: Give Back This Money Structuring Petitions

Filed: 1437004800July 16, 2015

Location: Greenville, N.C.

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Government to Air Travelers: Sit Back, Give Us Your Cash and Enjoy Your Flight Kentucky Forfeiture

Filed: 1434499200June 17, 2015

Location: Hebron, KY

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Green Cab’s Story: Twenty-First Century Innovation Shut Out by Twentieth-Century Regulation Bowling Green Taxis

Filed: 1433289600June 3, 2015

Location: Bowling Green, OH

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Government Unreformed: IRS Seizes $107,000 From Innocent Small Business, Despite Recent Policy Changes Meant To Prevent Exactly This Kind Of Case North Carolina Forfeiture

Filed: 1430438400May 1, 2015

Location: Fairmont, NC

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Consumers Aren’t Property, and Competition Isn’t Theft San Diego Taxis

Filed: 1429056000April 15, 2015

Location: San Diego, CA

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Beer Bounty: Texas Craft Brewers Sue Over New Law That Requires Them to Give Part of Their Businesses to Distributors for Free Texas Craft Beer

Filed: 1419033600December 20, 2014

Location: Texas

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Private Property
Lawsuit

Censored in Florida: Creamery Owner Sues to End Labeling Censorship Florida Skim Milk

Filed: 1416441600November 20, 2014

Location: Florida

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Government Cannot Decide Who Is, Or Is Not, Allowed To Tell A Story Savannah Tour Guides

Filed: 1416182400November 17, 2014

Location: Savannah, GA

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech Tour Guides
Lawsuit

HELD UP: Feds Use Civil Forfeiture To Seize More than $446,000 From Innocent Family Business; Deny Hearing for More than Two Years. Long Island Forfeiture

Filed: 1413331200October 15, 2014

Location: Long Island

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

TAKEN: Feds Seize Family Restaurant’s Entire Bank Account Innocent Owners Fight Back Iowa Forfeiture

Filed: 1412640000October 7, 2014

Location: Iowa

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Florida School Choice: Tuition Tax Credits and Special Needs

Filed: 1411430400September 23, 2014

Location: Florida

Status: Pending

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Cabbies Fight for Freedom: Victorious Cab Drivers Head Back to Court for Second Showdown with Milwaukee’s Taxi Cartel Milwaukee Taxis 2

Filed: 1408924800August 25, 2014

Location: Milwaukee

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
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

Untangling Entrepreneurs from Washington’s Illogical Restrictions on African Hair Braiding Washington Hair Braiding 2

Filed: 1402963200June 17, 2014

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Untangling Entrepreneurs from Arkansas' African Braiding Laws Arkansas Hair Braiding

Filed: 1402963200June 17, 2014

Location: Arkansas

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Untangling Entrepreneurs from Missouri’s Cosmetology Laws Missouri Hair Braiding

Filed: 1402963200June 17, 2014

Location: Missouri

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Access Denied: Orthodontist’s Low-Cost Teeth Cleaning Program Shut Down Under Archaic Law That Limits Access to Care Arkansas Dentistry

Filed: 1401148800May 27, 2014

Location: Arkansas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Charlie's Home: How the Institute for Justice is helping one man fight To save his family home Atlantic City Eminent Domain – Birnbaum

Filed: 1400198400May 16, 2014

Location: Atlantic City

Status: Pending

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Georgia School Choice

Filed: 1399507200May 8, 2014

Location: Georgia

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Donors, Candidates Sue to Overturn Restrictive Campaign Finance Law: Minnesota Regulation Dishes Out First Amendment Rights on a First-Come, First-Served Basis Minnesota Campaign Speech Limits

Filed: 1397001600April 9, 2014

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Teeth-Whitening Entrepreneur Challenges Dentists’ Monopoly in Georgia Georgia Teeth Whitening

Filed: 1396396800April 2, 2014

Location: Georgia

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Teeth Whitening
Lawsuit

Ridesharing Drivers Fight Back; Join Lawsuit to Challenge Chicago’s Cab Cartels Chicago Ridesharing

Filed: 1395705600March 25, 2014

Location: Chicago

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Animal Massage Therapists Now Free to Practice Their Craft in Arizona Arizona Animal Massage

Filed: 1393977600March 5, 2014

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

North Carolina Parents Join Legal Battle To Defend School Choice Program North Carolina School Choice

Filed: 1391040000January 30, 2014

Location: North Carolina

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

An Affront To Gardeners Everywhere: Miami Shores Forces Homeowners To Destroy Their Front-Yard Vegetable Garden Florida Vegetable Gardens

Filed: 1384819200November 19, 2013

Location: Miami Shores Village

Status: Closed

Food Freedom Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
Lawsuit

Baked Fresh, Baked Free: Challenging Minnesota’s Restrictions on Selling Home-Baked Goods Minnesota Cottage Foods

Filed: 1384819200November 19, 2013

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Got Free Speech? Oregon Dairy Farmer Challenges Censorship of Raw Milk Advertising Oregon Raw Milk

Filed: 1384819200November 19, 2013

Location: Oregon

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Food Freedom
Lawsuit

Alabama Parents Join Legal Battle To Protect School Choice Alabama School Choice

Filed: 1381363200October 10, 2013

Location: Alabama

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Should African hair braiders have to build an entire barber college and become barbering instructors just to teach hair braiding? Texas officials think so. Texas Hair Braiding Instruction

Filed: 1380585600October 1, 2013

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Taken: Federal Lawsuit in Michigan Challenges Forfeiture Abuse Michigan Forfeiture

Filed: 1380067200September 25, 2013

Location: Michigan

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Hillsborough County Transportation Commission vs. Consumers, a Driver and a Small Business: Government Commission Forces Consumers to Pay More; Prevents Competition and Job Creation Tampa Minimum Fares

Filed: 1377648000August 28, 2013

Location: Tampa, FL

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Transportation
Lawsuit

Sacramento Sign Police Target Small Business: Gym Tells City It Needs To Get With The Program Sacramento Signs

Filed: 1376352000August 13, 2013

Location: Sacramento

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Psychology Board Censors Advice Column: America’s Longest-Running Advice Columnist Files Free Speech Lawsuit After Being Threatened with Jail and Told to Stop Publishing His Column in Kentucky Kentucky Psychology Speech

Filed: 1374105600July 18, 2013

Location: Kentucky

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission vs. America’s Civil Rights Laws: Government Agency Seeks to Silence Not Only Citizen Activists, But Their Public Interest Lawyers, Too Washington Recall 2: Lawyer Free Speech

Filed: 1371081600June 13, 2013

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Fighting Civil Forfeiture: Federal & Local Law Enforcement Agencies Team Up to Profit by Subverting California State Law California Forfeiture

Filed: 1367366400May 1, 2013

Location: California

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Alabama Smiles: Entrepreneurs Fight Back Against Teeth-Whitening Monopolies Alabama Teeth Whitening

Filed: 1367280000April 30, 2013

Location: Alabama

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Teeth Whitening
Lawsuit

Retired Texas Vet’s Free-Speech Fight to Keep Helping Animals Texas Veterinary Speech

Filed: 1365465600April 9, 2013

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Health Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

IJ Defends School Choice in New Hampshire New Hampshire Business Tax Credit Scholarship Program

Filed: 1359417600January 29, 2013

Location: New Hampshire

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Sweet Home Chicago?: Food Trucks Get the Cold Shoulder in the Windy City Chicago Food Trucks

Filed: 1352851200November 14, 2012

Location: Chicago

Status: Pending

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

Louisiana Federation of Teachers, et al v State of Louisiana, et al Louisiana School Choice

Filed: 1341792000July 9, 2012

Location: Louisiana

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Putting a New Face on Liberty: Nevada Makeup Artists Fight for Their Right to Teach Nevada Makeup

Filed: 1340064000June 19, 2012

Location: Nevada

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

CON Job: How A Virginia Law Enriches Established Businesses by Limiting Your Medical Options, and How IJ Is Going to Stop It. Virginia Certificate of Need

Filed: 1338854400June 5, 2012

Location: Virginia

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

Caveman Blogger Fights for Free Speech and Internet Freedom: Challenging the Government’s Authority to Censor Ordinary Advice North Carolina Free Speech

Filed: 1338336000May 30, 2012

Location: North Carolina

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech
Lawsuit

Federal Appellate Court OKs City’s Crackdown on Protest Sign:  4th Circuit fails to protect Norfolk business’ eminent domain protest banner; lawyers, business owners vow appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Norfolk, VA Sign

Filed: 1335916800May 2, 2012

Location: Norfolk, VA

Status: Closed

First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Protectionism in Portland, Ore.: City Threatened $895,000 in Fines For Limo Entrepreneurs Who Offered Groupon Discounts Portland Sedans

Filed: 1335398400April 26, 2012

Location: Portland

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

A Successful Challenge to the IRS’s Authority To License Tax Preparers IRS Tax Preparers

Filed: 1331596800March 13, 2012

Location: DC

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Putting Useless Government Requirements to Rest: Challenging Minnesota’s Requirement That All Funeral Homes Have Embalming Rooms Minnesota Embalming Rooms

Filed: 1326931200January 19, 2012

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Challenging New Orleans’ Tour-Guide Licensing Scheme NOLA Tours

Filed: 1323734400December 13, 2011

Location: New Orleans

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech Tour Guides
Lawsuit

A Reason to Smile in the Constitution State: Entrepreneurs Challenge Connecticut’s Teeth-Whitening Monopoly Connecticut Teeth Whitening

Filed: 1321401600November 16, 2011

Location: Connecticut

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Teeth Whitening
Lawsuit

Arizona Citizen Files First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Speech Regulations Fountain Hills, Ariz. Speech

Filed: 1320364800November 4, 2011

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Slamming the Door on Rental Bans: Winona Homeowners Stand Up for Their Property Rights Minnesota Rental Caps

Filed: 1319500800October 25, 2011

Location: Winona, MN

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Caps
Lawsuit

Protecting Citizen Speech: Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Mississippi Campaign Finance Regulations Continues Nationwide Campaign Mississippi Citizen Speech

Filed: 1319068800October 20, 2011

Location: Mississippi

Status: Closed

First Amendment
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
Lawsuit

Vindicating the Right to Earn an Honest Living Under the Florida Constitution: IJ Files Suit on Behalf of Vendors in Hialeah, Fla. Hialeah Vending

Filed: 1318464000October 13, 2011

Location: Hialeah, FL

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

Fighting Civil Forfeiture Abuse: Federal & Local Law Enforcement Agencies Try to Take Family Motel from Innocent Owners Massachusetts Forfeiture

Filed: 1317686400October 4, 2011

Location: Massachusetts

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Defending Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts: Parents of Special Needs Children Must Again Defend Their Right to Choose Their Children’s Educational Options Arizona Education Savings

Filed: 1316995200September 26, 2011

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Taking on the Taxi Cartel Challenging Milwaukee’s Unconstitutional Taxicab Law Milwaukee Taxis

Filed: 1316995200September 26, 2011

Location: Milwaukee

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Atlanta Strikes: Out Challenging Atlanta, Georgia’s Unconstitutional Vending Monopoly Atlanta Vending

Filed: 1311811200July 28, 2011

Location: Atlanta

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

IJ Successfully Defended Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program Indiana School Choice

Filed: 1309478400July 1, 2011

Location: Indiana

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Will Arizona Courts Leave Protection of Individual Liberty Threadbare?: Arizona Eyebrow Threaders Fight Irrational Licensing Scheme Arizona Eyebrow Threading

Filed: 1309305600June 29, 2011

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Defending Parents’ Right to Choose Their Children’s Schools: Douglas County, Colorado’s Innovative Scholarship Program Is Constitutional Douglas Co., Colorado’s Scholarship Program

Filed: 1309219200June 28, 2011

Location: Colorado

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Campaign Finance Laws versus Good Government: Washington’s Laws Frustrate the People’s Ability to Recall Abusive Elected Officials Washington Recall

Filed: 1307404800June 7, 2011

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Brushing Out Utah’s African Hair Braiding Laws Utah Hair Braiding

Filed: 1303776000April 26, 2011

Location: Utah

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Drive to Freedom: Nashville’s Sedan Drivers Fight City Effort To Run Them Off the Road Nashville Limos

Filed: 1303257600April 20, 2011

Location: Nashville

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Shining the Light on Law Enforcement Slush Funds: Lawsuit Seeks to Force Georgia Police to Follow the Law and Report Property Seized Through Civil Forfeiture Georgia Forfeiture

Filed: 1301443200March 30, 2011

Location: Georgia

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

El Paso Mobile Food Vendors Challenge City’s Effort to Run Them Out of Town El Paso Vending

Filed: 1296000000January 26, 2011

Location: El Paso, TX

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

IJ Fights to Unleash Free Speech: Challenging Arlington, Virginia’s Unconstitutional Sign Ordinance Shirlington Dog Park Mural

Filed: 1291248000December 2, 2010

Location: Arlington, VA

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Protecting Citizen Speech: Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality Of Florida Campaign Finance Regulations Kicks Off Nationwide Campaign Florida Citizen Speech

Filed: 1285718400September 29, 2010

Location: Florida

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

License to Describe: Challenging Washington D.C.’s Tour-Guide Licensing Scheme D.C. Tour Guides

Filed: 1284595200September 16, 2010

Location: DC

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech Tour Guides
Lawsuit

Free the Monks and Free Enterprise: Challenging Louisiana’s Casket Cartel Louisiana Caskets

Filed: 1281571200August 12, 2010

Location: Louisiana

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Freeing Small Farms through Free Trade Minnesota Small Farms

Filed: 1274140800May 18, 2010

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Protecting Americans’ Right To Engage In Grassroots Political Activism Washington Grassroots Lobbying

Filed: 1271289600April 15, 2010

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Ending “Policing for Profit” in Texas: Constitutional Lawsuit Challenges Texas Law Allowing Forfeiture Abuse Texas Forfeiture

Filed: 1270598400April 7, 2010

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Freeing Louisiana Florists: Licensing Law is Blooming Nonsense Louisiana Florists (new challenge)

Filed: 1267660800March 4, 2010

Location: Louisiana

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Saving Lives: Challenging the Federal Ban on Compensating Bone Marrow Donors Bone Marrow—NOTA Challenge

Filed: 1261958400December 28, 2009

Location: California

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Health
Lawsuit

Hanging by a Thread: Texas Eyebrow Threaders Fight Irrational Licensing Texas Eyebrow Threading

Filed: 1260230400December 8, 2009

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Teaching is Not a Crime: Challenging Virginia’s Unconstitutional Vocational School Licensing Law Virginia Yoga Challenge

Filed: 1259625600December 1, 2009

Location: Virginia

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment
Lawsuit

Dallas Sign Ban Hurts Small Businesses, Violates First Amendment Rights: Law Makes It Nearly Impossible For Entrepreneurs to Advertise Dallas Sign Ban

Filed: 1257811200November 10, 2009

Location: Dallas

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Vindicating the Right to Earn an Honest Living in the Evergreen State: Local Entrepreneur & Institute for Justice challenge San Juan County Vending Ordinance San Juan Vending

Filed: 1253059200September 16, 2009

Location: San Juan County

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Vending
Lawsuit

Free to Design: Challenging Florida’s Unconstitutional Interior Design Law Florida Interior Design

Filed: 1243382400May 27, 2009

Location: Florida

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Interior Design Interior Design
Lawsuit

Freeing Special Needs Children From Religious Discrimination in Washington State: IJ-Washington Tackles Blaine Amendments That Limit School Choice and Educational Opportunity Washington Special Needs Discrimination

Filed: 1226448000November 12, 2008

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Dangerous Trend: Bulldozing Free Speech Texas Eminent Domain Censorship

Filed: 1224720000October 23, 2008

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Beyond Its Authority: Eminent Domain Abuse By the St. Paul Port Authority St. Paul Minn. Property Rights

Filed: 1224028800October 15, 2008

Location: St. Paul, MN

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Taking on Florida’s Political Speech Police: Challenging Campaign Finance Laws That Create a Statewide “No Speech Zone” Florida Political Speech

Filed: 1223424000October 8, 2008

Location: Florida

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Interior Design Litigation

Filed: 1222819200October 1, 2008

Location:

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Challenging Oklahoma's Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers Oklahoma Interior Design

Filed: 1222732800September 30, 2008

Location:

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Interior Design Interior Design
Lawsuit

Challenging Connecticut’s Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers Connecticut Interior Design

Filed: 1220918400September 9, 2008

Location: Connecticut

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Interior Design Interior Design
Lawsuit

Taking Music Out of Music City: Nashville Abuses Eminent Domain To Take Small Country Music Business For an Office Building Nashville, TN Eminent Domain

Filed: 1216512000July 20, 2008

Location: Nashville, TN

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Grassroots Tyranny in the Cradle of the Constitution: Philadelphia Tour Guides Stand Up For the Framers’ Vision of Freedom Philadelphia Tour Guides

Filed: 1214956800July 2, 2008

Location: Philadelphia

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing Occupational Speech Tour Guides
Lawsuit

Vindicating the Right to Protest Eminent Domain Abuse: Tennesseans Sued by Thin-Skinned Politician and Developers Fight Back Clarksville, TN Eminent Domain Protest

Filed: 1214784000June 30, 2008

Location: Tennessee

Status: Closed

First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Texas Government-mandated Computer Repair License Does Not Compute Texas Computer Repair

Filed: 1214438400June 26, 2008

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Freeing Maryland Entrepreneurs From the Chiropractic and Veterinary Cartels Maryland Animal Massage

Filed: 1213056000June 10, 2008

Location: Maryland

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

A Second Challenge to Texas’ Elitist Veterinary Cartel Texas Equine Dentistry (2nd Challenge)

Filed: 1208908800April 23, 2008

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

SpeechNow.org v. FEC Protecting Americans’ Rights To Organize and Speak About Politics SpeechNow.org

Filed: 1202947200February 14, 2008

Location: DC

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Knocking Out Eminent Domain Abuse: Youth Gym Files Suit Against National City, Calif. National City Eminent Domain

Filed: 1190678400September 25, 2007

Location: National City, CA

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Challenging Texas’ Elitist Veterinary Cartel Texas Equine Dentistry

Filed: 1188259200August 28, 2007

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Fighting Wisconsin’s Ban on Cheap Gas: Entrepreneur Joins the Institute for Justice To Challenge Mandatory Minimum Markup Law Washington No New Gas Tax

Filed: 1182816000June 26, 2007

Location: Madison, WI

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Footloose 2008?: Local Entrepreneur & Institute for Justice Challenge Dance Ban in Pinal County, Ariz. Arizona San Tan Flat

Filed: 1181088000June 6, 2007

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Signs of Abuse: Fighting Censorship and Eminent Domain Abuse in St. Louis St. Louis Signs

Filed: 1178668800May 9, 2007

Location: St. Louis

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Challenging Texas’ Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers Texas Interior Design

Filed: 1178668800May 9, 2007

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Interior Design
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Defending Minneapolis’ Free-Market Taxi Reforms Against an Establishment Backlash Minneapolis Taxis

Filed: 1177977600May 1, 2007

Location: Minneapolis

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

Arizona Foster Parents and Parents of Children with Disabilities Defend School Choice From Unprecedented Legal Attack Arizona Special Needs & Foster Care

Filed: 1173744000March 13, 2007

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Supreme Court refused to hear case about eminent domain abuse in New York Didden

Filed: 1165881600December 12, 2006

Location: Village of Port Chester

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Red Wing’s Anti-Competitive Trash Cartel Red Wing Minnesota Trash Hauling

Filed: 1165363200December 6, 2006

Location: Red Wing, MN

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Red Wing Rental Inspections

Filed: 1163548800November 15, 2006

Location: Red Wing, MN

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Arizona Parents Defend School Choice From Education Establishment’s Third Legal Attack Arizona Corporate Tax Credit Scholarships

Filed: 1160611200October 12, 2006

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse In Washington State: Washington Supreme Court Must Decide: Does “Necessity” Mean What You Need or What You Want? Strobel Family Investments Eminent Domain

Filed: 1159315200September 27, 2006

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Protecting Kelo’s Victims In Riviera Beach, Florida: City Seeks to Use Eminent Domain To Replace Lower-Income & Minority Residents With Wealthier Ones Riviera Beach, FL Eminent Domain

Filed: 1159228800September 26, 2006

Location: Riviera Beach, FL

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Silencing Political Speech: Colorado’s Campaign Finance Laws Stifle Political Debate Parker North, CO Free Speech

Filed: 1158624000September 19, 2006

Location: Parker North, CO

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Challenging New Mexico’s Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers New Mexico Interior Design

Filed: 1157587200September 7, 2006

Location: New Mexico

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Interior Design Interior Design
Lawsuit

Eminent Domain Abuse in Long Branch, N.J.: City Seeks to Kick Out Middle Class Along Oceanfront To Make Way For the Rich Long Branch, NJ Eminent Domain

Filed: 1156896000August 30, 2006

Location: Long Branch, NJ

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Minnesota’s Occupational Licensing Of Horse Teeth Floaters Minnesota Horse Teeth Floating

Filed: 1155686400August 16, 2006

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Battling the Real Estate Establishment: New Hampshire’s Free Speech Rights Not For Sale New Hampshire Free Speech

Filed: 1150156800June 13, 2006

Location: New Hampshire

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Minneapolis’ Sign Licensing Law Minneapolis Sign Hangers

Filed: 1146700800May 4, 2006

Location: Minneapolis

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Up a Creek Without a Paddle: Summer Camp Challenges Pennsylvania’s River Rafting Cartel Pennsylvania River Rafting

Filed: 1144108800April 4, 2006

Location: Pennsylvania

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity Maryland Funeral Homes

Filed: 1141171200March 1, 2006

Location: Maryland

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Challenging Minnesota’s Advertising and Internet Speech Ban That Bottles Up Wineries and Consumers Minnesota Winery Internet Speech

Filed: 1129075200October 12, 2005

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Arizona Weed Control

Filed: 1127865600September 28, 2005

Location:

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Stifling Political Speech: Stifling Political Speech: Challenging Colorado’s Campaign Finance Regulations Colorado Free Speech

Filed: 1127692800September 26, 2005

Location: Colorado

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Free Speech Under Fire: Politically Motivated Prosecutors Seek to Restrict Media Discussion of Political Issues Washington Political Speech

Filed: 1123545600August 9, 2005

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Missouri Caskets

Filed: 1114905600May 1, 2005

Location: Missouri

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Untangling African Hair Braiders from Minnesota's Cosmetology Regime Minnesota Hair Braiding

Filed: 1113955200April 20, 2005

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Arizona Supreme Court Declines Review Of Tempe Eminent Domain Case: Property Owners Rejoice, Await City of Tempe’s Next Move Tempe, AZ Condemnation

Filed: 1110326400March 9, 2005

Location: Tempe, AZ

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

No Room at the Inn—Challenging Seattle's Irrational Bed & Breakfast Regulations Seattle Bed & Breakfast

Filed: 1109635200March 1, 2005

Location: Seattle

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Live Free or Die?: New Hampshire Homeowners Forced to Open Doors to Inspectors Or Suffer Consequences New Hampshire Home Inspections

Filed: 1093392000August 25, 2004

Location: New Hampshire

Status: Closed

Private Property
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Untangling African Hair Braiders from Washington's Cosmetology Regime Washington Hair Braiding

Filed: 1091664000August 5, 2004

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Untangling African Hair Braiders from Mississippi's Cosmetology Regime Mississippi Hair Braiding

Filed: 1091664000August 5, 2004

Location: Mississippi

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Mandatory Inspections of Rental Property: Is Your Apartment Your Castle? Georgia Rental Inspections

Filed: 1090368000July 21, 2004

Location: Georgia

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Advertising Ban Is Sign of Big Government: Washington's City of Lynnwood Bans Signs For Businesses But Not for Politicians Lynnwood, WA Sign Ordinance

Filed: 1087862400June 22, 2004

Location: Lynnwood, WA

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

The Dirty Truth about Arizona’s “Clean Elections” Act: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Strike Down Program that Discourages Free Speech, Puts Thumb on Scales for Government-Funded Political Candidates Arizona Campaign Finance (Second Challenge)

Filed: 1075334400January 29, 2004

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Let a Thousand Florists Bloom: Uprooting Outrageous Licensing Laws In Louisiana Louisiana Florists (first challenge)

Filed: 1071705600December 18, 2003

Location: Louisiana

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity Arizona Hair Braiding

Filed: 1070841600December 8, 2003

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Norwood, Ohio Homeowners & Small Businesses Battle City & Private Developer Over Eminent Domain Abuse Norwood, OH Eminent Domain

Filed: 1064275200September 23, 2003

Location: Norwood, OH

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Got Free Speech?: IJ & Independent Dairy Farmers Challenge Mandatory Milk Advertising “Got Milk” Ad Campaign

Filed: 1059955200August 4, 2003

Location: DC

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Banning “For Sale” Signs: The Latest Sign of a Growing Nanny State Glendale, OH Free Speech

Filed: 1059523200July 30, 2003

Location: Glendale, OH

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech First Amendment Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Vindicating Free Speech: City of Redmond Sign Ordinance Punches Hole in Bagel Entrepreneur’s First Amendment Rights Redmond, WA Free Speech

Filed: 1058832000July 22, 2003

Location: Redmond, WA

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Food Freedom Sign Codes
Lawsuit

Ending Prosecution for Profit in Utah: Citizens Demand Prosecutors Follow State’s Civil Forfeiture Law Utah Asset Forfeiture

Filed: 1054425600June 1, 2003

Location: Utah

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Securing Educational Opportunity For Colorado Families: Institute for Justice and Colorado Parents Defend Historic Parental Choice Program Colorado Opportunity Contract Program

Filed: 1054166400May 29, 2003

Location: Colorado

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

The Michigan Education Association Tries to Take the "Free" Out of "Free Speech" Mackinac Free Speech

Filed: 1053475200May 21, 2003

Location: Michigan

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Ohio’s “City of Homes” Faces Wrecking Ball of Eminent Domain Abuse: Homeowners Challenge Bogus “Blight” Designation Lakewood, OH, Eminent Domain

Filed: 1053302400May 19, 2003

Location: Lakewood, OH

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

A Web of Restrictions?: Challenging California’s Free Speech Restrictions on Internet Real Estate Advertising Sites California Internet Real Estate Restrictions

Filed: 1052870400May 14, 2003

Location: California

Status: Closed

Commercial Speech Economic Liberty First Amendment Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Monopoly: Seattle's Independent “Mosquito Fleet” Challenges the Government-Imposed Construction Waste Hauling Monopoly Seattle Trash Hauling

Filed: 1052784000May 13, 2003

Location: Seattle

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Free Speech & Free Enterprise In New Orleans: City of Literary Lore Bans Book Vending New Orleans Book Ban

Filed: 1049760000April 8, 2003

Location: New Orleans

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Fighting for Parental Liberty by Stopping Religious Discrimination: IJ Launches Third Lawsuit Seeking to Tear Down State-Based Barriers to School Choice Vermont School Choice

Filed: 1048118400March 20, 2003

Location: Vermont

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Vindicating Free Speech: Doughnut Entrepreneur Punches Holes In City of Mesa Sign Ordinance That Chills Speech Mesa, AZ Signs

Filed: 1041984000January 8, 2003

Location: Mesa, Arizona

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Tenants Win Battle to Stop Government Abuse: Yuma Rewrites Rental Inspection Ordinance; Lawsuit Challenging Yuma Warrantless Searches Dismissed Yuma, Arizona Rental Inspections

Filed: 1037577600November 18, 2002

Location: Yuma, AZ

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

The Next Step for School Choice: Removing State Constitutional Obstacles Washington Student Teacher Policies

Filed: 1032825600September 24, 2002

Location: Washington

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Clearing the Road Ahead for School Choice: Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court To End Religious Discrimination & Vindicate Parental Liberty Maine School Choice II

Filed: 1032307200September 18, 2002

Location: Maine

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Putting the Brakes on Eminent Domain Abuse in Mesa, Arizona Mesa, AZ Eminent Domain

Filed: 1003795200October 23, 2001

Location: Mesa, AZ

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Requiem for a Cartel: Challenging Oklahoma’s Casket Monopoly Oklahoma Caskets

Filed: 984528000March 14, 2001

Location: Oklahoma

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Mississippi Eminent Domain

Filed: 983404800March 1, 2001

Location: Mississippi

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Policing and Prosecuting For Profit: New Jersey Ex-Sheriff Fights Civil Forfeiture Abuse New Jersey Forfeiture

Filed: 980208000January 23, 2001

Location: New Jersey

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Eminent Domain Without Limits?: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Curb Nationwide Abuses Kelo Eminent Domain

Filed: 977270400December 20, 2000

Location: New London, CT

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Hopelessly Rigged: New Yorkers Try to Save Their Property New York Eminent Domain

Filed: 970617600October 4, 2000

Location: New York

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Pittsburgh Fifth & Forbes Condemnation

Filed: 959817600June 1, 2000

Location: Pittsburgh

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Arizona School Choice Program Arizona Individual Tax Credit Scholarships (Federal)

Filed: 950572800February 15, 2000

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

Uncorking Freedom: Challenging Protectionist Restraints on Direct Interstate Wine Shipments to Consumers New York Wine

Filed: 949536000February 3, 2000

Location: New York

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Wine
Lawsuit

Illinois Tuition Tax Credit

Filed: 942278400November 11, 1999

Location: Illinois

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Tax Credit Scholarships
Lawsuit

The Right to Urn an Honest Living: Challenging Tennessee's Casket Monopoly Tennessee Caskets

Filed: 937440000September 16, 1999

Location: Tennesee

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Coerced Subsidies for the Political Class: A First Amendment Lawsuit Arizona Campaign Finance (First Challenge)

Filed: 936835200September 9, 1999

Location: Arizona

Status: Closed

Campaign Speech First Amendment
Lawsuit

Pittsburgh City Council Tried to Abuse Government’s Eminent Domain Power Pittsburgh Wool

Filed: 933552000August 2, 1999

Location: Pittsburgh

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

U.S. Supreme Court issued its most important educational decision since Brown v. Board of Education Cleveland, Ohio, School Choice (Federal Case)

Filed: 933033600July 27, 1999

Location: Cleveland, OH

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Florida School Choice: Opportunity Scholarship Programs

Filed: 929664000June 18, 1999

Location: Florida

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

The Fight For A Free Market: Opening The Las Vegas Limousine Monopoly Las Vegas Limousines

Filed: 893980800May 1, 1998

Location: Las Vegas

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing Transportation
Lawsuit

North Dakota Micro-Radio

Filed: 891216000March 30, 1998

Location: North Dakota

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Hosey v. Ohio State Board of Cosmetology Ohio Hair Braiding

Filed: 875664000October 1, 1997

Location: Ohio

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

The Case for School Choice: Raymond, Maine Maine School Choice I

Filed: 870307200July 31, 1997

Location: Maine

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

The CFTC vs. The First Amendment: The Federal Government's Assault on Free Speech CFTC Challenge

Filed: 870220800July 30, 1997

Location: DC

Status: Closed

First Amendment
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers to Economic Opportunity: Hector Ricketts v. City of New York New York Vans

Filed: 855619200February 11, 1997

Location: New York City

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers to Economic Opportunity California Hair Braiding

Filed: 854409600January 28, 1997

Location: California

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Public Power, Private Gain: The Abuse of Eminent Domain Atlantic City Condemnation – Vera Coking

Filed: 850176000December 10, 1996

Location: Atlantic City

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Vermont's School Choice Program: Neutral to Religion Chittenden, VT School Choice

Filed: 841276800August 29, 1996

Location: Vermont

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Cleveland, Ohio, School Choice (State Case)

Filed: 821232000January 10, 1996

Location: Ohio

Status: Closed

Educational Choice Publicly Funded Scholarships
Lawsuit

Searching Without Consent: Government's Assault on the Sanctity of the Home Park Forest, IL Rental Inspections

Filed: 819504000December 21, 1995

Location: Park Forest, IL

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
Lawsuit

Southeast Delco, Pennsylvania

Filed: 807321600August 2, 1995

Location: Southeast Delco, PA

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Milwaukee Parental Choice Program nation’s first publicly funded school choice program for low-income children Milwaukee School Choice

Filed: 807321600August 2, 1995

Location: Milwaukee

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Reisman v. Tennessee Dept. of Human Services Institute for Justice Defends Interacial Adoption Interracial Adoption in Texas and Tennessee (joined)

Filed: 797731200April 13, 1995

Location:

Status: Closed

Other
Lawsuit

Bogged Down in Minnesota's Regulatory Swamp Minnesota Takings

Filed: 787795200December 19, 1994

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

Private Property
Lawsuit

Removing Barriers to Opportunity: A Constitutional Challenge to The Davis-Bacon Act Davis Bacon Act

Filed: 752803200November 9, 1993

Location: DC

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty
Lawsuit

IJ Breaks Up Denver's 50-Year-Old Taxi Monopoly Denver Taxis

Filed: 728179200January 28, 1993

Location: Denver

Status: Closed

Economic Liberty Occupational Licensing
Lawsuit

Chicago and Los Angeles School Choice Cases Los Angeles School Choice

Filed: 708220800June 11, 1992

Location: Los Angeles

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Chicago and Los Angeles School Choice Cases Chicago School Choice

Filed: 708134400June 10, 1992

Location: Chicago

Status: Closed

Educational Choice
Lawsuit

Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Uqdah v. Board of Cosmetology Washington DC Hair Braiding

Filed: 688953600November 1, 1991

Location: DC

Status: Closed

Cosmetology Economic Liberty Hair Braiding Occupational Licensing

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SEC Gag Orders

Filed: 1546992000January 9, 2019

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Can States Bar Newcomers from Owning a Business? Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Blair

Filed: 1544745600December 14, 2018

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Law Denies Women Right to Work Because of Irrelevant Criminal Convictions Pennsylvania Collateral Consequences

Filed: 1544486400December 11, 2018

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

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

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1543881600December 4, 2018

Location: Seattle, Wa

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1539648000October 16, 2018

Location: Akron, OH

Status: Pending

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

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1538438400October 2, 2018

Location: Brownsville, TX

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Food-Truck Owners Challenge Ban on Competition Carolina Beach Food Trucks

Filed: 1534809600August 21, 2018

Location: Carolina Beach, NC

Status: Closed

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

Lawsuit

Outdated Federal Law Threatens Unique Richmond Publisher Virginia Books

Filed: 1534377600August 16, 2018

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Washington Work Study

Filed: 1534204800August 14, 2018

Location: Spokane, WA

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

North Carolina CONs Patients: Outdated Law Prevents Doctor From Providing Transparently Priced, Low-Cost MRI Scans North Carolina CON

Filed: 1532995200July 31, 2018

Location: North Carolina

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

License to Teach? Virginia Stops Family Business From Teaching Useful Job Skills Virginia Teaching

Filed: 1532390400July 24, 2018

Location: Richmond, VA

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Mississippi Regulatory Board Sues Tech Entrepreneurs to Prevent Competition Mississippi Mapping

Filed: 1531180800July 10, 2018

Location: Canton, MS

Status: Pending