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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

Private Property Project on Immunity and Accountability
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

Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hold Government Officials Accountable For Destroying Idaho Home with Grenades West v. Winfield

Filed: 1579132800January 16, 2020

Location: Caldwell, ID

Status: Pending

Private Property Project on Immunity and Accountability
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

Lech v. City of Greenwood

Filed: 1574640000November 25, 2019

Location:

Status: Pending

Private Property Project on Immunity and Accountability
Lawsuit

Miami Woman Appeals to the Supreme Court to Get Back Every Dollar Federal Agents Wrongly Took From Her Miami Forfeiture Attorneys’ Fees

Filed: 1574294400November 21, 2019

Location: Miami, Florida

Status: Pending

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
Lawsuit

Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to End Colorado Law Permitting Neighbors to Engage in Eminent Domain Abuse Woodcrest Homes, Inc. v. Carousel Farms Metro. Dis

Filed: 1573084800November 7, 2019

Location: Castle Rock, Colorado

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
Lawsuit

Washington Street Fees

Filed: 1570492800October 8, 2019

Location: Richland, Washington

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property
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

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

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

Filed: 1557273600May 8, 2019

Location: Dunedin, FL

Status: Pending

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

Pipelines & Eminent Domain: Take Now, Pay (Much) Later Pennsylvania Pipeline Eminent Domain

Filed: 1552435200March 13, 2019

Location: Conestoga, PA

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
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

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

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: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
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

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

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

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

Jarreau v. South LaFourche Levee District

Filed: 1501459200July 31, 2017

Location:

Status: Closed

Eminent Domain Private Property
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

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

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

Dallas Auto Mechanic Challenges Constitutionality of Retroactive Zoning Dallas Amortization

Filed: 1469145600July 22, 2016

Location: Dallas, Texas

Status: Closed

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

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

Fleecing Schools and Turning Law Enforcers Into Lawbreakers Indiana Forfeiture

Filed: 1454976000February 9, 2016

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
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

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

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

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

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: Closed

Economic Liberty Food Freedom Private Property
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

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

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

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

Taken: Federal Lawsuit in Michigan Challenges Forfeiture Abuse Michigan Forfeiture

Filed: 1380067200September 25, 2013

Location: Michigan

Status: Closed

Civil Forfeiture Private Property
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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Red Wing Rental Inspections

Filed: 1163548800November 15, 2006

Location: Red Wing, MN

Status: Closed

Other Property Rights Abuses Private Property Rental Inspections
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bogged Down in Minnesota's Regulatory Swamp Minnesota Takings

Filed: 787795200December 19, 1994

Location: Minnesota

Status: Closed

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Brownback v. King

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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

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

Filed: 1580860800February 5, 2020

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hold Government Officials Accountable For Destroying Idaho Home with Grenades West v. Winfield

Filed: 1579132800January 16, 2020

Location: Caldwell, ID

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1579046400January 15, 2020

Location: Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Lech v. City of Greenwood

Filed: 1574640000November 25, 2019

Location:

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Miami Woman Appeals to the Supreme Court to Get Back Every Dollar Federal Agents Wrongly Took From Her Miami Forfeiture Attorneys’ Fees

Filed: 1574294400November 21, 2019

Location: Miami, Florida

Status: Pending

Lawsuit

Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to End Colorado Law Permitting Neighbors to Engage in Eminent Domain Abuse Woodcrest Homes, Inc. v. Carousel Farms Metro. Dis

Filed: 1573084800November 7, 2019

Location: Castle Rock, Colorado

Status: Closed

Lawsuit

Washington Street Fees

Filed: 1570492800October 8, 2019

Location: Richland, Washington

Status: Closed

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1569542400September 27, 2019

Location: Zion, Illinois

Status: Pending

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

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1557273600May 8, 2019

Location: Dunedin, FL

Status: Pending

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

Lawsuit

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

Filed: 1554940800April 11, 2019

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Status: Pending

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

Lawsuit

Pipelines & Eminent Domain: Take Now, Pay (Much) Later Pennsylvania Pipeline Eminent Domain

Filed: 1552435200March 13, 2019

Location: Conestoga, PA

Status: Closed