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Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Elisabeth Gusfa. Legal Briefs. November 28, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Trevor Burrus & Mac Stone. Legal Briefs. November 26, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. November 21, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro, Walter Olson and David Scott. Legal Briefs. November 16, 2012.
Nat’l Assoc. of Optometrists & Opticians v Harris
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. November 13, 2012.
By Eugene Volokh, Dale Carpenter, Ilya Shapiro, Walter Olson & Roger Pilon. Legal Briefs. October 29, 2012.
The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles
By Ilya Shapiro and Walter Olson. Legal Briefs. October 29, 2012.
Wheaton College v. Sebelius and Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius
By Roger Pilon, Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. October 15, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Kathleen Hunker. Legal Briefs. September 28, 2012.
McCaughtry v. City of Red Wing
By Ilya Shapiro and Tim Lynch. Legal Briefs. September 27, 2012.
Chafee v. United States and Pleau v. United States
By David B. Kopel, Ilya Shapiro and Tim Lynch. Legal Briefs. September 26, 2012.
By Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. August 31, 2012.
Horne v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
By Ilya Shapiro and Kathleen Hunker. Legal Briefs. August 27, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro and Walter Olson. Legal Briefs. August 24, 2012.
Nix v. Holder and Shelby County v. Holder
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. August 20, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro and Tim Lynch. Legal Briefs. August 10, 2012.
PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. August 10, 2012.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. August 8, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro and Kathleen Hunker. Legal Briefs. August 1, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. July 23, 2012.
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States
By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. July 5, 2012.
By Jim Harper and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. July 2, 2012.
CCA Associates v. United States
By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. June 11, 2012.
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
By Ilya Shapiro and Anna Mackin. Legal Briefs. May 29, 2012.
Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. March 26, 2012.