Mike and Chantell Sackett take EPA to the Supreme Court

They’re defending everyone’s right to a day in court if government tramples your property rights

Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contact: Damien M. Schiff

Status: U.S. Supreme Court granted petitioners' certiorari petition on June 28, 2011. Petitioners' opening brief on the merits filed Sept. 23, 2011. Respondents' merits brief is due November 23, 2011.

Source: http://www.pacificlegal.org/sackett

September 29, 2011 - Sacketts featured on Fox's Lou Dobbs Tonight show

Summary:
Can federal bureaucrats seize control of your hard-earned property – and deny you a meaningful right to appeal the land grab?

This is the compelling question in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – the latest PLF case to be accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Observers on all sides see history in the making – a case that could break new ground in environmental law, and win a broad-impact precedent for property rights. Sackett could have “a sweeping effect,” UC-Davis law professor Richard Frank told NPR. It has the potential “to bolster the rights of landowners facing costly demands from the federal government,” reported Bloomberg/Business Week magazine.