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Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation
ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, Roxbury couple, Charles and Eli Copley, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), sent a letter to town officials informing them that they will resume opening…
Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels
Boise, Idaho.—Today, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Chasidy Decker could not challenge Meridian’s ban on tiny homes on wheels because she and her landlord failed…
Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search
ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Sturdivant, asking the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hold that using automated license…
In Victory for Education Entrepreneur, Pennsylvania Drops Cease-and-Desist Order Against Hybrid Homeschool Program
PITTSBURGH—Late Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services rescinded a cease-and-desist order that it had issued to education entrepreneur Katy Duckstein, allowing her to continue operating her innovative Roots Learning Academy outside…
Institute for Justice Urges Clewiston to Scrap Protectionist Food Truck Restrictions
Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to officials in Clewiston, Florida, warning that the city’s food truck ordinance violates the Florida Constitution. Under…
Swim Instructor Appeals to South Carolina Supreme Court After Columbia Banned Her Backyard Business
COLUMBIA, S.C.—Lifelong swim instructor Libby Souder is appealing to the South Carolina Supreme Court in her fight to resume offering her backyard swim lessons to the many Columbia families who…
Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Nampa to Reconsider Unconstitutional Food Truck Crackdown
Two years after the Institute for Justice (IJ) first warned Nampa, Idaho, that its food truck rules were unconstitutional, the city is back with a new proposal…
Court Dismisses New Jersey Parents’ Lawsuit Challenging Retention of Baby Blood; Parents Will Appeal
TRENTON, N.J.—Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of New Jersey parents challenging the constitutionality of the state’s policy of drawing blood from every newborn…
Animal Sanctuary’s Fight to Stay Open Ends After North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
ARLINGTON, Va.—A Winston-Salem animal sanctuary’s fight against senseless zoning restrictions has ended after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Fairytale Farm Animal Sanctuary owner Kimberly Dunckel…
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