Tag: Pacific Legal Foundation

Massage Therapists Caught in Prostitution Dragnet File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Warrantless Searches

April 7, 2022
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Licensed massage therapists in Billings, Montana, are suing the city in federal court over its law forcing therapists to submit to unannounced, warrantless searches in order to stay in business. Billings recently enacted an intrusive local ordinance, targeting massage therapists as part of a crackdown on prostitution. There are at least a dozen “illicit sex…

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Homeless Grandmother Sues Massachusetts City Over ‘Home Equity Theft’

April 3, 2022
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A homeless 66-year-old grandmother is suing a New England city for “home equity theft” after her home was seized for a tax debt and sold but her equity in the property was not refunded to her. The legal action takes aim at what some call “home equity theft,” which is widespread in Massachusetts, according to…

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Feds Sued for Banning Swimming With Dolphins, Hurting Hawaiian Economy

March 31, 2022
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A businesswoman in Hawaii is suing the Biden administration for hurting her business by illegally banning swimming with spinner dolphins, a popular tourist and therapeutic activity that generates a living for many residents of the 50th state. Spinner dolphins “received their common name because they are often seen leaping and spinning out of the water…

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Homeowner Suing Michigan County Over Home Equity ‘Theft’ Appeals to 6th Circuit

March 16, 2022
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A widow is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, a court ruling dismissing her claim that local governments in Michigan seized her family’s home over a tax debt and then refused to compensate her for the home equity in the property that she lost. The unfavorable ruling came despite the…

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10th Circuit Partly Blocks Biden’s $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Order for Federal Contractors

February 18, 2022
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has partly stayed enforcement of President Joe Biden’s executive order that requires that all federal contractors be paid a $15-per-hour minimum wage. The ruling came Feb. 17 in a lawsuit brought by Colorado-based adventure tour operator Duke Bradford, who founded Arkansas Valley Adventures (AVA) in 1998….

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Court Partly Blocks Biden’s $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Order for Federal Contractors

February 18, 2022
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has partly stayed enforcement of President Joe Biden’s executive order that requires that all federal contractors be paid a $15-per-hour minimum wage. The ruling came Feb. 17 in a lawsuit brought by Colorado-based adventure tour operator Duke Bradford, who founded Arkansas Valley Adventures (AVA) in 1998….

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New York State, City, Sued Over COVID-19 Treatment Order That Discriminates Against Whites

February 13, 2022
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Two men who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are suing both the city and state of New York for unconstitutional racial discrimination for directing medical providers to consider race in distributing lifesaving treatments. The lawsuit comes after former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson ridiculed the city’s directive as an example of…

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California prof accused of racism over archeology book sues for being canceled

February 3, 2022
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An anthropology professor is suing San Jose State University in federal court in California, claiming the school smeared her as a racist and colonialist, and punished her because she has been critical of a federal antiquities law. The legal complaint (pdf) in the case, Weiss v. Perez, court file 5:22-cv-641, was filed Jan. 31 with…

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Tour Operator Sues Biden Administration for Applying Minimum Wage Hike to Noncontractors

December 13, 2021
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A Colorado-based adventure tour operator is suing the Biden administration for trying to force his company to pay its employees $15 per hour starting next month, a rate of compensation that the company’s founder says would drive his business into bankruptcy. Entrepreneur Duke Bradford founded Arkansas Valley Adventures (AVA) in 1998. Currently, the company has…

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California Sued Over Law Forcing Appointment of Minorities and LGBT to Corporate Boards

November 25, 2021
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A conservative think tank filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against California to halt a law that will force quotas on publicly held corporations headquartered in the state, requiring them to appoint board members based solely on their race and sexual orientation. The legislation at issue is the fruit of last year’s race riots that…

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