IJ's Cases
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Knocking Out Eminent Domain Abuse: Youth Gym Files Suit Against National City, Calif.
After decades of keeping two-thirds of the city under a bogus “blight” designation, National City, Calif., applied to renew the blight label to prevent it from expiring. That renewal would have reauthorized the city to abuse eminent domain against the nearly 700 properties in the designated area, including a gym for at-risk youth.
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Challenging Texas’ Elitist Veterinary Cartel
Economic Liberty
Fighting Wisconsin’s Ban on Cheap Gas: Entrepreneur Joins the Institute for Justice To Challenge Mandatory Minimum Markup Law
Economic Liberty
Footloose 2008?: Local Entrepreneur & Institute for Justice Challenge Dance Ban in Pinal County, Ariz.
Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Interior Design | Interior Design
Challenging Texas’ Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers
First Amendment
Signs of Abuse: Fighting Censorship and Eminent Domain Abuse in St. Louis
In a double blow to free speech and property rights, St. Louis not only threatened to take an entire neighborhood for private development. It also tried to censor a powerful mural that protests the city’s eminent domain abuse.
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing | Transportation
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Defending Minneapolis’ Free-Market Taxi Reforms Against an Establishment Backlash
Educational Choice | Publicly Funded Scholarships
Arizona Foster Parents and Parents of Children with Disabilities Defend School Choice From Unprecedented Legal Attack
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Supreme Court refused to hear case about eminent domain abuse in New York
Economic Liberty
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Red Wing’s Anti-Competitive Trash Cartel
4th Amendment Project | Private Property | Rental Inspections
Red Wing Rental Inspections
Under Red Wing, Minn.’s rental inspection ordinance, it is easier for the government to force its way into the homes of law-abiding citizens than to search the home of a suspected criminal.
Educational Choice | Tax Credit Scholarships
Arizona Parents Defend School Choice From Education Establishment’s Third Legal Attack
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse In Washington State: Washington Supreme Court Must Decide: Does “Necessity” Mean What You Need or What You Want?
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Protecting Kelo’s Victims In Riviera Beach, Florida: City Seeks to Use Eminent Domain To Replace Lower-Income & Minority Residents With Wealthier Ones
First Amendment
Silencing Political Speech: Colorado’s Campaign Finance Laws Stifle Political Debate
Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Interior Design | Interior Design
Challenging New Mexico’s Licensing of Speech For Interior Designers
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Eminent Domain Abuse in Long Branch, N.J.: City Seeks to Kick Out Middle Class Along Oceanfront To Make Way For the Rich
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Minnesota’s Occupational Licensing Of Horse Teeth Floaters
First Amendment
Battling the Real Estate Establishment: New Hampshire’s Free Speech Rights Not For Sale
Economic Liberty
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Challenging Minneapolis’ Sign Licensing Law
Economic Liberty
Up a Creek Without a Paddle: Summer Camp Challenges Pennsylvania’s River Rafting Cartel
Economic Liberty
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity
Commercial Speech | First Amendment
Challenging Minnesota’s Advertising and Internet Speech Ban That Bottles Up Wineries and Consumers
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Arizona Weed Control
First Amendment
Stifling Political Speech: Stifling Political Speech: Challenging Colorado’s Campaign Finance Regulations
First Amendment
Free Speech Under Fire: Politically Motivated Prosecutors Seek to Restrict Media Discussion of Political Issues
Economic Liberty | Occupational Licensing
Missouri Caskets
Economic Liberty | Hair Braiding | Occupational Licensing
Challenging Barriers To Economic Opportunity: Untangling African Hair Braiders from Minnesota's Cosmetology Regime
Eminent Domain | Private Property
Arizona Supreme Court Declines Review Of Tempe Eminent Domain Case: Property Owners Rejoice, Await City of Tempe’s Next Move
Economic Liberty
