Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections
(U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit), 188 F. Supp.3d 577 (E.D. Va. 2016), affirmed 843 F.3d 592 (4th Cir. 2016) Thor was appointed by Virginia’s Attorney General as special counsel for the Commonwealth of Virginia to defend the state’s photo-voter ID law. As lead trial and appellate counsel Thor successfully defended the Virginia...
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer
Amicus Brief (U.S. Supreme Court), 137 S.Ct. 2012 (2017) We served as counsel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and in the U.S. Supreme Court for the National Association of Evangelicals as an amicus party in this First Amendment religious freedom case. The case challenged the Missouri state constitution’s “Blaine Amendment,”...
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
Amicus Brief (U.S. Supreme Court), 553 U.S. 181 (2008)Thor served as counsel for leadership of United States Senate and House of Representatives (Senators Mitch McConnell, Robert Bennett, Christopher S. "Kit" Bond and United States Representatives Roy Blunt, Lamar Smith and Vernon Ehlers) as amici curiae before the United States Supreme Court in...
@FederalTakings
Room booked! Thanks @invcondemnation! Looking forward to the conference! https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2022/06/update-2023-ali-cle-eminent-domain-land-valuation-litigation-conference-hotel-blocks-open-reserve-yo.html @ALI_CLE @Amy_ALI_CLE @OwnersCounsel
Sarasota landowners represented by @FederalTakings ask court to hold government liable for taking their land in violation of the 5th Amendment. https://truenorthlawgroup.com/sarasota-landowners-represented-by-thor-hearne-and-true-north-law-file-motion-asking-court-to-hold-the-government-liable-for-taking-property-for-the-sarasota-legacy-trail/ @invcondemnation
Hoping to hear more about this case soon! @invcondemnation: https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2022/04/are-the-federal-courts-powerless-when-a-condemnor-doesnt-pay-just-compensation.html
Looking forward to returning to Austin for this eminent, eminent domain conference. https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2022/04/its-official-so-mark-your-calendars-ali-cle-eminent-domain-land-valuation-litigation-conference-feb-.html @ALI_CLE @invcondemnation
Congratulations to Jim Burling at @PacificLegal for being chosen to receive the @BrighamKanner Property Rights Prize! A great honor and well deserved! https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2022/03/burling-to-receive-william-mary-law-schools-2022-brigham-kanner-property-rights-prize.html @invcondemnation @WMLawSchool
