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10th Circuit Orders Feds To File In Property Rights Case
Posted on 1 Nov 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on Oct. 25 ordered the United States to respond to a motion by a Wyoming man who seeks to overturn a ruling by a Wyoming federal district court in favor of the U.S. Forest... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , Laramie , Hahns Peak and Pacific Railroad Company , General Railroad Right-of-Way Act , Wyoming , 10th Circuit , Marvin Brandt , property rights , William Perry Pendley , Marvin M. Brandt and Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States , U.S. Department of the Interior , Litigation , U.S. Forest Service , MSLF

Nebraska Lawyer's Lawsuit Against State Bar Association Will Go Forward
Posted on 5 Feb 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A Nebraska federal district court on Feb. 4 refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska attorney who sued the Nebraska State Bar Association in federal district court in Lincoln charging that it violates his rights under both the Constitution's... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , 14th Amendments , William Perry Pendley , Nebraska State Bar Association , Scott Lautenbaugh , Litigation , First Amendment , MSLF

Coloradoan and Group Argue Postal Service Gun Case
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A rural Colorado man and a national gun rights group, through counsel, on June 18 appeared before a Colorado federal district court to argue for a ruling against the U.S. Postal Service in their lawsuit charging that the Postal Service’s... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , U.S. Postal Service , National Association for Gun Rights , William Perry Pendley , Tab Bonidy , Bonidy v. U.S. Postal Service , Litigation , MSLF , Second Amendment

Nebraska Lawyer Seeks Class Certification And Injunction
Posted on 19 Oct 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - A Nebraska attorney on Oct. 12 filed additional pleadings in his lawsuit against the Nebraska State Bar Association in federal district court in Lincoln charging that it violates his rights under the Constitution's... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , Nebraska Supreme Court , Nebraska , William Perry Pendley , Nebraska State Bar Association , class certification , Scott Lautenbaugh , Litigation , Nebraska State Senate , Fourteenth Amendment , First Amendment , MSLF

Texas Psychologist's Lawsuit Survives Motion To Dismiss
Posted on 9 Jul 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - A Texas psychologist, who is also an attorney and is recognized nationally for her expertise and experience, on June 26 survived a motion to dismiss her lawsuit alleging that the State of Texas bars her unconstitutionally... Read More

Tags: Psychologists Licensing Act , Mountain States Legal Foundation , Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists , 14th Amendment , William Perry Pendley , Mary Louise Serafine , political speech , Litigation , Civil Rights Act of 1871 , First Amendment , MSLF , Texas

Miners Seek Final Judgment on Withdrawal Law
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A 117-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members, which had argued that a federal law used to lock-up a million acres of federal land in northwestern Arizona is unconstitutional, on June 12 sought final... Read More

Tags: Arizona Strip , Mountain States Legal Foundation , Colorado River , General Mineral Law , Bureau of Land Management , Arizona , William Perry Pendley , Interior Secretary Salazar , Northwest Mining Association , uranium , Litigation , Grand Canyon National Park , mining , U.S. Forest Service , NWMA , MSLF

Supreme Court Strikes Arizona Voting Law But Opens Door
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A western, public-interest legal foundation on June 17 responded to the 7-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States upholding a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc , that struck down an Arizona... Read More

Tags: ACLU , illegal aliens , Mountain States Legal Foundation , proof of citizenship , National Voting Rights Act , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund , Arizona , William Perry Pendley , MALDEF , Voting Rights Act or Equal Protection Clause , Litigation , Supreme Court of the United States , voting rights , Ninth Circuit , Gonzalez v. State of Arizona , Proposition 200 , MSLF , et al. v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

Miner Battles Forest Service’s Attempt to Moot Lawsuit
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A Colorado man who owns 10 valuable mining claims in the White River National Forest in north-central Colorado on June 19 filed legal documents to resist an attempt by the federal government to dismiss his lawsuit in federal district court challenging... Read More

Tags: Robert Congdon , environmental assessment , Mountain States Legal Foundation , NEPA , Colorado , White River National Forest , William Perry Pendley , quarry located in Pitkin County , Litigation , Elbram Stone Company , mining , U.S. Forest Service , National Environmental Policy Act , White Banks Quarry , MSLF