“The governor has been playing a game throughout this case. She has insisted on immunity up to this court and that is why she’s been able to delay this case for years,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with FarmSTAND who is representing MIRC alongside the...
Read MoreThe state Court of Appeals tossed the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center's case against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) because it wrongly concluded that the group blew past a one-year filing deadline spelled out in state law, said attorney David S. Muraskin. Characterizing the case as one...
Read MoreThe case has been stymied by a provision of the Michigan Court of Claims Act requiring plaintiffs suing the state to either bring a claim or file a notice of one within a year of the claim accruing....
Read More"This case isn't about recovering any damages passed; it's simply saying that the governor has to comply with the law going forward," said David Muraskin, managing director for litigation, FarmSTAND....
Read More“That would mean that when the governor has a policy of any unconstitutional conduct, including this one, the fact that she got away with it for a year would keep anyone from ever going to court,” David Muraskin, managing director of litigation at FarmSTAND, said....
Read MorePORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at its Warrenton, Oregon facility. Pacific Bio Products - Warrenton is owned by...
Read More“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case. ...
Read MoreToday the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral argument in MIRC v. Whitmer, a case that will determine whether the state can violate the rights of Michiganders with impunity. The case before the Court is a challenge brought by the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center to the state’s...
Read More“Our hope is that we immediately go from the Court of Appeals to the trial court, the Court of Claims, to get the merits decided and then can, hopefully, vindicate the rights of undocumented workers which then would have to proceed back up. But with...
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American agriculture relies on credit as much as it does seeds, soil, rain, and sun. Without credit, farmers cannot invest in tractors, livestock, or new irrigation systems. They may not survive a hard year of low prices or bad weather. But agricultural credit has never...
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