From the Pacific Legal Foundation:
In a precedent-setting victory for the rights of all property owners, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday held that landowners have a right to direct, meaningful judicial review if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency effectively seizes control of their property by declaring it to be “wetlands.”
The Court ruled in favor of Mike and Chantell Sackett, of Priest Lake, Idaho, who were told by EPA — and by the Ninth Circuit — that they could not get direct court review of EPA’s claim that their two-thirds of an acre parcel is “wetlands” and that they must obey a detailed and intrusive EPA “compliance” order, or be hit with fines of up to $75,000 per day.
In their challenge to EPA’s takeover of their land, the Sacketts are represented, free of charge, by attorneys with Pacific Legal Foundation, the leading legal watchdog organization that litigates for limited government,property rights, and a balanced approach to environmental protection, in courts nationwide.
Contact author Amy Brigham Boulris
Read the complete release from Pacific Legal Foundation
Read the CNN article: ‘Little guy’ wins high court fight over property rights
Read the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency
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