. ▁PL F ▁successfully ▁challeng ed ▁San ▁Francisco ' s ▁“ Rel ocation ▁Ass istance ▁Pay ment ▁Ord in ance ,” ▁which ▁required ▁land l ords ▁to ▁pay ▁ten ants ▁to ▁reg ain ▁personal ▁use ▁of ▁their ▁property . ▁PL F ▁has ▁a ▁case ▁pending ▁at ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁challeng ing ▁a ▁common ▁practice ▁of ▁count ies ▁forec los ing ▁properties ▁for ▁un pa id ▁tax es ▁and ▁keeping ▁the ▁sur plus ▁home ▁equ ity . ▁ ▁PL F ' s ▁environmental ▁law ▁lit ig ation ▁has ▁frequently ▁involved ▁challeng es ▁to ▁federal ▁reg ulation ▁of ▁private ▁property ▁under ▁the ▁C lean ▁Water ▁Act ▁or ▁the ▁End anger ed ▁Species ▁Act , ▁including ▁five ▁vict ories ▁at ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁PL F ▁att or ne ys ▁represented ▁a ▁Minnesota ▁property ▁owner ▁who ▁was ▁denied ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁build ▁on ▁his ▁property ▁in ▁Cont os ki ▁v . ▁Sc ar lett , ▁a ▁case ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁removal ▁of ▁the ▁bald ▁e agle ▁from ▁the ▁end anger ed ▁species ▁list . ▁PL F ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Fish ▁and ▁Wild life ▁Service ▁failed ▁to ▁del ist ▁the ▁species ▁after ▁it ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁bald ▁e agle ▁population ▁had ▁recovered . ▁ ▁PL F ▁represented ▁Andy ▁Johnson ▁in ▁a ▁dispute ▁with ▁the ▁Environment al ▁Prote ction ▁Agency . ▁Johnson ▁built ▁a ▁stock ▁p ond ▁on ▁his ▁property ▁in ▁Wy oming ▁to ▁provide ▁water ▁for ▁his ▁cattle . ▁E PA ▁found ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁viol