Public Justice co-represents Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) in a lawsuit challenging decades of pollution into the Snake River at an Idaho cattle feedlot. Simplot’s Grand View feedlot is one of the largest Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) in the country. On a typical day, the feedlot is home to a minimum of 65,000 cattle—enough to…
Public Justice’s Dan Snyder was lead counsel in litigation against the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) concerning the troubled Piney Point facility, located outside of Tampa Bay, FL. The department agreed to a draft Clean Water Act permit that will require more robust oversight of pollution from the Piney Point phosphate facility. This agreement, which…
On June 26, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2022 ruling from the District Court of Oregon, preventing Scott Timber Co. from clearcutting old-growth forest within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The court found that logging the 355-acre Benson Ridge parcel by Scott Timber Co., a subsidiary of Roseburg Forest Products, would harm…
The Students’ Civil Rights Project represents a Texas student who endured over a year of sex-based verbal abuse that drove her to the brink of suicide. The case seeks to make clear that schools cannot wait until harassment drives a student out of school before they take steps to stop it. For over a year,…
When Public Justice’s work results in unsealed records, other attorneys have the resources they need to bring successful cases. We are dedicated to making sure that our courts are not used to hide evidence of government misconduct or corporate harm. In June 2024, Public Justice and the ACLU filed a motion to unseal court records…
Public Justice filed an amicus brief to defend a California law that gives thousands of sexual abuse survivors access to justice by lifting the harsh deadlines that used to bar their claims. Plaintiff Jane Doe was sexually abused by her school guidance counselor at Richmond High School in West Contra Costa Unified School District in…
In the Eastern District of Michigan, our Access to Justice team is challenging another aspect of the profit-driven conspiracy between prison telecom company Securus and St. Clair County, Michigan to exploit incarcerated people and their families: restricting access to U.S. mail in favor of expensive messaging products provided by Securus. As in our Right to…
Women working at Disney, the world’s largest media company, have consistently been passed over for promotions and paid less than their male coworkers. This pattern was widespread, occurring throughout Disney’s many divisions and at every subsidiary Disney owned. According to an expert analysis, there is a one-in-a-billion chance this happened for any reason besides gender.…
In this appeal, the Fourth Circuit held that a school’s Title IX obligation to investigate sexual harassment could be triggered by a report of “sexual grooming.” The case arises from sexual abuse at North Carolina State University. In 2016, the university’s senior associate athletic director received a report that an athletic trainer and administrator, Robert…