The Legal Center is the advocate for small businesses in the courts. We tell judges how the decision they make, in a given case, will impact small businesses nationwide. Importantly, we only initiate lawsuits and file amicus (“friend-of-the-court”) briefs in precedent-setting cases. That means we go to court in those cases that will impact many small business owners.
Case Index
سԹ Small Business Legal Center Case Index, 2020-2026
US Supreme Court
Plaintiff
Minnesota Associated Builders & Contractors, et al. v. Ellison (1/15/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed a petition for certiorari in its lawsuit against Minnesota’s Captive Audience law, urging the Supreme Court to grant review and protect employer free speech.
سԹ v. OSHA (including Texas Trucking Association v. OSHA) (consolidated with BST Holdings LLC v. OSHA) (12/17/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed a lawsuit arguing that OSHA’s emergency temporary standard pertaining to vaccination or testing violated the OSH Act and congressional delegation.
McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. (1/10/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
In سԹ’s lawsuit against the Corporate Transparency Act and its beneficial ownership reporting requirements, سԹ urges Supreme Court to keep lower court’s injunction in place.
Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Blanche (5/6/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed a petition for cert before judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear our challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act and beneficial ownership information reporting requirement.
Amicus
Acheson Hotels LLC v. Laufer (12/8/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (6/12/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs arguing that remote ADA “testers” who have no intention of visiting or interacting with a business beyond visiting the business website, do not have a sufficient injury for Article III standing.
Adir International LLC v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Corp. (11/12/21) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a California law allowing the State Attorney General to nullify a defendant’s directors & officers insurance simply by accusing the defendant of wrongdoing under the State’s unfair competition and false advertising laws violates the insured’s due process rights.
Aladdin Manufacturing v. Water Works (9/28/20) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the Court to overturn an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that adopted an expansive “foreseeable effects” theory of specific personal jurisdiction, under which a court may exercise personal jurisdiction based merely on allegations that the business knew that its out-of-state conduct could have in-state effects.
Allstates Refractory Contractors, LLC v. Su (2/29/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that our constitutional structure requires a strong nondelegation doctrine and that Congress’s standardless grant of discretion to OSHA to create workplace safety rules is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative powers.
American Forest Resource Council v. United States (12/15/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the President violates the constitutional separation of powers and harms small businesses when he designates national monuments under the Antiquities Act by repurposing vast swaths of land congressionally decreed for productive use.
American Society of Journalists v. Bonta (4/22/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant review of California’s Assembly Bill 5, which recategorizes independent contractors as employees burdening free speech, harming contractors, and harming small businesses.
Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra (3/1/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a California legal mandate for organizations that solicit charitable contributions in that state to file copies of their federal IRS Form 990 tax forms violates the organization’s First Amendment rights to free speech and free association.
Baker v. City of McKinney (7/26/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the government owes just compensation to property owners when it engages in the physical taking of property pursuant to its police power authority.
Bittner v. United States (8/23/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing for the application of a rule of lenity in civil penalty prosecutions, and against unlimited agency discretion to multiply the number of Bank Secrecy Act violations.
Boechler P.C. v. IRS (11/22/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief in the case arguing that the decision of the Eighth Circuit upholding the Tax Court’s refusal to hear the taxpayer’s claim should be reversed.
Bridge Aina Le’a v. Hawaii Land Use Commission (8/21/20) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Court should review its prior precedents on regulatory takings and offer clarification.
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid (9/2/20) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (12/31/20) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs supporting a challenge to a California regulation that required growers to allow union organizers access to the growers’ property for the purpose of soliciting support for the union. Our briefs argue that the “right to exclude” is a fundament aspect of property ownership, California’s interferences with that right are per se takings of private property requiring just compensation.
CIC Services v. Internal Revenue Service (7/22/20) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief asking the Court to provide clarification on the Anti-Injunction Act’s scope, and determine that it is limited to its terms and that it does not prohibit pre-enforcement judicial review of tax rules.
City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency (2/12/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (7/26/24) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs arguing that general NPDES permit conditions based on the quality of receiving waters is harmful for businesses and violates the Clean Water Act.
Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski (1/27/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a Ninth Circuit ruling forcing parties to simultaneously litigate arbitrable disputes at the trial court during an arbitrability appeal at the court of appeals fundamentally violates the right to arbitration and to have a dispute resolved through arbitration.
College of Ozarks v. Biden (3/30/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Department of Housing and Urban Development violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it issued a directive changing how it enforced a federal statute instead of promulgating a rule through notice and comment as required by the APA.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch (3/24/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the IRS cannot use a taxpayer’s tax return to satisfy a disputed tax debt being litigated in the Tax Court and moot out the case.
Connelly v. United States (1/31/24) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the court of appeals’ decision threatens redemption agreements and responsible business succession planning.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America (7/10/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s funding structure violates the appropriations clause in Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution.
Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (5/17/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (11/20/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs in a case concerning when a new business can challenge burdensome agency regulations, like one imposing debit card fees. سԹ’s briefs argue against burdensome debit card fees on behalf of small business owners.
Culley v. Marshall (6/29/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that civil asset forfeitures harm small businesses and that the Due Process Clause requires a post-seizure probable cause hearing.
Cummings v. Premier Rehab (10/6/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court should affirm the Fifth Circuit’s decision, which ruled that damages for emotional distress are categorically unavailable for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the statutes that incorporate its remedies for victims of discrimination.
Dakota Finance LLC v. Naturaland Trust (3/3/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that citizens should not be able to bring suit under theClean Water Act once a state has commenced litigation to avoid dual enforcement.
Devillier v. Texas (11/12/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a person whose property is taken without compensation may seek redress under the self-executing Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment even if the legislature has not affirmatively provided them with a cause of action.
Diamond Alternative Energy v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (8/7/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (2/3/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the Court to grant review of the D.C. Circuit’s flawed justiciability analysis. After the Court granted review, سԹ filed another brief explaining why the lower court’s analysis makes it harder for injured parties to bring legal challenges. =
EMD Sales, Inc. v. Carrera (10/10/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (8/20/24) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs asking the Court to clarify what standard applies for an employer to prove an FLSA overtime exemption. We argued for a lower, commonly applied standard that would allow employers to more easily prove that employees are exempt.
Enbridge Energy LP v. Nessel (9/5/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed amicus brief urging the Court to permit a narrow exception to the federal removal statute deadline in order to prevent parties from engaging in procedural gamesmanship.
ERIC v. City of Seattle (2/18/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant cert and review whether ERISA preempted Seattle’s city-specific healthcare expenditure ordinance.
Eychener v. City of Chicago (4/14/21) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that future blight is not a permissible basis for a government taking and asking the court to overrule Kelo v. City of New London.
Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research (2/18/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging Court to revitalize and put teeth into the nondelegation doctrine where, as in this case, two layers of impermissible delegation occurred.
Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T (2/25/26) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the FCC must obtain a court order to enforce its administratively imposed penalties, and the lack of a jury trial in a penalty enforcement lawsuit violates the Seventh Amendment.
Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Angelo Brock (12/11/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act’s transportation worker exemption should be read narrowly so that small businesses can resolve employment claims through the less formal and more cost-effective arbitration process.
Foster v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (9/14/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing against USDA’s “Swampbuster” program and advising the Court to overturn Chevron.
Glacier NW v. Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 174 (6/15/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (11/8/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to grant review, and later, a merits amicus brief to reverse a Washington Supreme Court decision that improperly held that the National Labor Relations Act immunizes destruction of an employer’s property.
Hickory Heights Health & Rehab LLC v. Watson (12/1/25) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed amicus brief urging the Court to determine whether a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule banning arbitration agreements is unlawful and hurts small businesses.
Hirsch v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1/21/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that tax fraud cases implicate the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and that the IRS cannot impose monetary penalties without providing this.
Huntress v. United States (10/30/20) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the court to rule against government officials who abused their authority by threatening a developer that refused to bow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s asserted authority and demand for money ($2 million in exchange for the right to develop).
Jake’s Fireworks v. Consumer Products Safety Commission (1/29/25) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that threats of enforcement are final agency actions for which judicial review is ripe.
Just Energy v. Hurt (3/15/21) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant cert and resolve confusion over the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “outside salesman” exemption.
LabCorp v. Davis (3/12/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that individuals with no legal injury cannot be included in class certification under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Leachco, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission (9/12/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the President must have removal authority over officers who possess substantial executive power and that Humphrey’s Executor is no longer applicable.
Lent v. California Coastal Commission (11/17/21) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a California statute allowing an administrative agency to impose substantial fines and perform hearings without basic fairness procedures violates constitutional due process.
Lion Raisins Inc. v. Ross (2/25/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that bloc-voting system under the California Marketing Act is anticompetitive and violates principles of representative government.
Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo (12/15/22) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (7/24/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs in this case, the first recommending that the Supreme Court grant review of the D.C. Circuit’s decision, and the second urging the Court to overturn Chevron and eliminate its doctrine of agency deference.
Macy’s v. National Labor Relations Board (12/22/25) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Court should review whether the National Labor Relations Board has the authority to impose compensatory or consequential damages.
Majestic Realty Co. V. Salazar (6/29/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court should grant review to overrule its decision in Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robbins because it is inconsistent with other First Amendment cases.
Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation (3/14/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief urging Court to make clear that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(b) does not bar equitable tolling.
McGee v. Alger County Treasurer (10/6/25) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Court’s decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County requires state laws to ensure proper procedures for recovering home equity in the event of a home sale by the government.
Mobilize the Message v. Bonta (4/10/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a California law that classifies people as independent contractors or employees violates the freedom of speech by classifying canvassers promoting consumer products in writing as independent contractors but canvassers promoting political candidates or issues in writing as employees.
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC (1/21/26) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that state law tort claims for negligent selection of a motor carrier are preempted by federal law, and a contrary result would lead to a patchwork of state laws and liability wreaking having on the nationwide shipping industry.
Moore v. United States (9/6/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that Congress does not have the authority to tax unrealized gains and doing so violates the Sixteenth Amendment.
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis (10/18/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief asking the Court to hold that transfer decisions generally do not implicate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unless they cause a “significant disadvantage” to an employee.
Murphy Co. v. Biden (12/14/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the President violates the separation of powers and harms small businesses when he designates national monuments under the Antiquities Act by repurposing vast swaths of land congressionally decreed for productive use.
National Pork Producers v. Ross (6/17/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that California’s Prop 12, which imposes strict and burdensome requirements on members of the pork supply chain nationwide, violates the Dormant Commerce Clause.
Owino v. CoreCivic, Inc. (5/18/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief asking the Court to review and overturn the Ninth Circuit’s certification of a nationwide class based on evidence of the defendant’s conduct in only one location.
Pakdel v. San Francisco (4/1/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief in a case involving the legality of a legislature requiring individuals to give up a constitutional right in order to receive a government benefit.
Pung v. Isabella County (12/8/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Court’s decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County requires state laws to ensure proper procedures for recovering home equity in the event of a home sale by the government.
Quad Graphics v. N.C. Dep’t of Revenue (4/17/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief challenging the anticipatory overruling of Supreme Court precedent by lower courts.
Quinn v. State of Washington (10/16/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief asking the Court to strike down an unconstitutional Washington State capital gains tax that taxes out-of-state transactions.
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (10/25/21) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (4/18/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed two amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to revisit its decision in Rapanos v. United States and resolve an entrenched split of authority over the proper test for wetlands jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC v. US Forest Service (5/13/24) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Quiet Title Act allows for equitable tolling and that declaratory or injunctive relief is an appropriate and available remedy for Takings claims.
SEC v. Jarkesy (10/18/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief challenging the SEC’s use of administrative law judges and the constitutionality of their removal protections.
Sheetz v. City of El Dorado (6/5/23) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari; (11/20/23) – U.S. Supreme Court; (4/1/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed two amicus briefs arguing that the unconstitutional conditions doctrine applies to legislatively-imposed building permit exactions. After the Court decided that issue and the case made its way back to the Court, سԹ filed a third amicus brief asking it to decide the merits of this specific case.
Sierra Club v. Fish & Wildlife Service (8/3/20) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that inter-agency draft documents should not be withheld under Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act because the public interest in disclosure, so people can determine the actual reasoning of an agency in developing a regulation, outweighs any government interest in withholding.
Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney (2/28/24) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the watered-down preliminary injunction standard approved by the court of appeals for National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) injunctions on business activity represents unwarranted deference to the NLRB and intrusion on business.
Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc v. Boulder County (5/21/26) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that federal law preempts state tort law claims seeking relief for the injuries allegedly caused by the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, and that allowing these state law claims would have enormous effects on the courts, small businesses, and entire U.S. economy.
Thompson v. Wilson (4/22/26) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that a Maine rule requiring lobstermen to attach GPS tracking devices to their boats and transmit location date to the government 24/7, even when engaged in personal activity, violates the Fourth Amendment.
Transunion v. Ramirez (2/8/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief, which argued that a plaintiff must show an actual injury to establish standing and a viable case under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Trump v. CASA (4/29/25) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief advocating for the ability of district courts to issue nationwide injunctions and provide relief to all association members.
Tyler v. Hennepin County (3/6/23) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Takings Clause prevents the government, after seizing and selling a person’s property to collect back taxes, from keeping the surplus amount collected from the sale (otherwise known as “home-equity theft”).
Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (2/25/26) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the FCC must obtain a court order to enforce its administratively imposed penalties, and the lack of a jury trial in a penalty enforcement lawsuit violates the Seventh Amendment.
Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (2/7/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts California’s Iskanian rule, which prohibits the waiver of representative Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims through arbitration agreements.
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (12/20/21) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed an amicus brief in this case involving the scope of the powers granted to the EPA through theClean Air Act.
Wilkins v. United States (8/11/22) – U.S. Supreme Court
سԹ filed a coalition amicus brief to protect the property rights of private parties by arguing that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is not a jurisdictional bar, but instead a claim-processing rule.
Yovino v. Rizo (4/27/20) – U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari
سԹ filed an amicus brief arguing that the Ninth Circuit erroneously held consideration of “prior salary” was impermissible under the Equal Pay Act and could not be used in the hiring process to set salaries.