Institute for Justice
Supreme Court Cases
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Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Montana Moms Seek to Restore School Choice Program that was Struck Down for Including Religious Options
SPECIAL: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue U.S. Supreme Court Media Kit Institute for Justice Espinoza News Release UPDATED: Espinoza Litigation Backgrounder Institute for Justice Merits Brief Espinoza Amicus Briefs Understanding the Blaine Amendment School Choice Myths & Realities Client Photos Case Video Espinoza Video News Release In early 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will…
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Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas
Can States Bar Newcomers from Owning a Business?
Doug and Mary Ketchum moved to Tennessee so they could own and operate a mom-and-pop liquor store there. Doing so would enable them to meet their two main goals: earning a living and doing so in a way that gives them the flexible schedule they need to take care of their severely disabled and ailing…
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Timbs v. Indiana
There ARE Limits: IJ Takes Excessive Fines Case to the U.S. Supreme Court
State and local authorities cannot treat Americans like ATMs. There are instead federal constitutional limits to the many fines, fees and forfeitures that states and localities impose. That is the principle that Tyson Timbs and the Institute for Justice established at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Ginsburg, the…
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Arizona Campaign Finance (Second Challenge)
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
In 2008, the Institute for Justice and the Goldwater Institute teamed up to challenge Arizona’s punitive system of funding campaigns with taxpayer money. The consolidated challenges to the “matching funds” provision of Arizona’s so-called “Clean Elections” Act eventually made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which on March 28, 2011, heard argument in Arizona…
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Kelo Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain Without Limits?: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Curb Nationwide Abuses
Susette Kelo dreamed of owning a home that looked out over the water. She purchased and lovingly restored her little pink house where the Thames River meets the Long Island Sound in 1997, and had enjoyed the great view from its windows. The Dery family, up the street from Susette, had lived in Fort Trumbull…
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Arizona Individual Tax Credit Scholarships (Federal)
U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Arizona School Choice Program
On April 4, 2011, in a major victory for school choice efforts nationwide, the United States Supreme Court dismissed this frivolous legal challenge to Arizona’s Individual Scholarship Tax Credit, which provides tens of thousands of school children the opportunity to attend the private school of their parent’s choice.
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New York Wine
Uncorking Freedom: Challenging Protectionist Restraints on Direct Interstate Wine Shipments to Consumers
Juanita Swedenburg, Virginia vintner and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, successfully waged the nation’s leading legal battle to reestablish the American ideals of unfettered interstate commerce, especially on the Internet. With the help of the Institute for Justice, Swedenburg challenged discriminatory laws that existed only to protect the monopoly power of large,…
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Cleveland, Ohio, School Choice (Federal Case)
U.S. Supreme Court issued its most important educational decision since Brown v. Board of Education
On June 27, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Cleveland’s school choice program in the most important education decision since Brown v. Board of Education. The court’s ruling in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris removed the federal Constitution from the legal arsenal of teachers’ unions and other school choice opponents and opened the door…
