The Pelican Center for Justice Submits an Amicus Curiae Brief to Uphold Property Rights

By Sarah Harbison

04/07/2021

Last Spring, we shared the story of Peyman Pakdel, an Ohio small business owner who hoped to one day retire to San Francisco with his wife, Sima Chegini. Mr.Pakdel is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider his case and the Pelican Center for Justice submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of his...

TAGS: Private Property Rights

Pelican weighs in on major SCOTUS property rights case

By Sarah Harbison

01/08/2021

by Sarah Harbison, general counsel, Pelican Institute In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, a case challenging a California regulation that allows union organizers to trespass on private property and interrupt business operations. Last week, the Pelican Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Justice was pleased...

TAGS: amicus brief, Fifth Amendment, Liberty, Pacific Legal Foundation, Private Property Rights, SCOTUS

U.S. Property Rights Protections Decline for Third Straight Year

By Robert Ross

03/30/2011

An international comparative study that measures the protection of physical and intellectual property rights ranked the U.S. 18th overall, down from 16th in 2010 and 14th in 2007. The U.S. physical property rights rank fell to 25th, behind countries such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.

TAGS: Institute for Justice, Kelsey Zahourek, Private Property Rights, Property Rights Alliance, Walter Block

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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