Category: Pacific Legal Foundation

Salmon Fishermen Sue to Block Federal Shutdown of Alaskan Fishery

Salmon fishermen are suing the Biden administration because an “unaccountable” federal fisheries board plans to shut down federal waters in Cook Inlet in Alaska, a move that will put them out of business. The legal complaint in Humbyrd v. Raimondo was filed Nov. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. Longtime…


Male Athlete Sues University of Minnesota for Illegal Sex-Based Discrimination After Team Canceled

A student gymnast at the University of Minnesota is suing the school for sex-based discrimination after it cut the men’s varsity gymnastics team because it believes too many men participate in campus sports given that female students outnumber males. The complaint initiating the lawsuit, Ng v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, case…


Male Gymnast Sues University of Minnesota for Sex-Based Discrimination After School Cancels Team

A student gymnast at the University of Minnesota is suing the school for sex-based discrimination after it cut the men’s varsity gymnastics team because it believes too many men participate in campus sports given that female students outnumber males. The complaint initiating the lawsuit, Ng v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, case…


Federal Court Blocks Racially Discriminatory Pandemic Relief in Colorado

A federal judge has blocked a Colorado agency from distributing pandemic relief funds based on the color of an applicant’s skin. The temporary restraining order from Denver-based U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez came late Oct. 12, less than a week after plaintiff Stephen E. Collins, a white man, and his event-planning business, Resort Meeting…


Colorado Sued Over Discriminatory Pandemic Relief Program

A Colorado businessman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the state to block it from distributing pandemic-relief funds based on the color of an applicant’s skin. The civil rights lawsuit, Collins v. Meyers, was filed Oct. 7 with U.S. District Court. The defendant, Patrick Meyers, is being sued in his official capacity as executive director…


Trump Appointees Sue Over Presidential Commissions Withheld by Biden Administration

Two appointees from the waning days of the Trump administration are suing the U.S. Department of Education for refusing to deliver their signed presidential commissions, citing the seminal 218-year-old Supreme Court precedent that created judicial review. The 18-page legal complaint in the case, known as Hanke v. Cardona, was filed with the U.S. District Court…