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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

Williams Mullen: State Attorneys General Served ‘Home Cooking’ By The Supreme Court Of The United States
Posted on 16 Jan 2014 by Williams Mullen

By Charles E. “Chuck” James Jr. and Brendan D. O’Toole On January 14, 2014, in Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp. , the Supreme Court held that a parens patriae action (one brought by the state on behalf of its injured citizens) does... Read More

Tags: CAFA , Virginia , Affordable Care Act , Mississippi v. AU Optronics Corp. , parens patriae , property rights , 2nd Amendment , class action , class certification , mass action , Litigation , AU Optronics , Class Action Fairness Act , U.S. Supreme Court , Mississippi

Supreme Court Hears Patent Exhaustion, Soybean Seed Case
Posted on 20 Feb 2013 by Melissa Ritti

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) If allowed to stand, a 2011 Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling will threaten farmers by prioritizing "patent rights over personal property rights," something "that's never been done in 150... Read More

Tags: herbicides , soybean seeds , Federal Circuit , property rights , patent rights , farmers , Vernon Hugh Bowman v. Monsanto Co. Vernon Hugh Bowman , patent exhaustion , Intellectual Property , Plant , Monsanto' , Litigation , Patents , chimeric genes , Sotomayor , U.S. Supreme Court , "Roundup Ready" soybeans

Judge: Alaska Homeless Camp Raids Unconstitutional
Posted on 6 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) Anchorage's policy for raiding homeless camps is unconstitutional, an Alaska judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge Mark Rindner issued his ruling late Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska... Read More

Tags: ACLU , Rindner , property rights , Alaska , homeless , American Civil Liberties Union , Litigation , lawsuit