by admin | Mar 15, 2023 | Appellate Litigation, Constitutional Law, Property Rights
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the Department of Justice’s petition for rehearing en banc in a Trails Act case brought by Indiana landowners. True North Law filed two amicus briefs supporting the landowners on behalf of four property-rights...
by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Appellate Litigation, Property Rights
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ruled in favor of Missouri landowners – reversing the trial court’s erroneous decision – in a case where True North Law filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of a distinguished property law scholar and...
by admin | Feb 10, 2023 | Appellate Litigation
Tim Belz, Of Counsel with True North Law, has again been recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly one of “the most powerful appellate attorneys” in Missouri. This is not the first time he has been recognized as an outstanding litigator. In 2004, after he had defended a...
by Paul Stern | Jun 8, 2020 | Appellate Litigation, Property Rights
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Caquelin v. United States recently ruled unanimously in favor of an Iowa landowner whose property was taken by the federal government under the Trails Act for a public recreational rail-trail. Lawyers...
by Paul Stern | May 10, 2020 | Appellate Litigation, Property Rights
In conjunction with the recently-filed lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to stop Sarasota County from removing “encroachments” from the Legacy Trail right-of-way, Thor Hearne and True North Law filed a motion for preliminary...
by Paul Stern | May 8, 2020 | Appellate Litigation, Property Rights
Thor Hearne and True North Law have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida to stop Sarasota County from removing what the county calls “encroachments” on the Legacy Trail corridor. The lawsuit asks the judge to enter a...