Legal Defense Fund Newsletter

Interested to see where the National Trust's Legal Defense Fund is at work? Our newsletter spotlights our diverse involvement – both through advocacy and through litigation – with local preservationists to protect our country's irreplaceable historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods and landscapes.

2010

January 2010 Update
Washington Court of Appeals hands preservationists a victory, rejecting a property owner's attempt to derail Seattle's preservation ordinance on vagueness grounds. | More Stories »

2009

September 2009 Update
National Trust Joins Local Preservationists in Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield from Big-Box Superstores | More Stories »

May 2009 Update
National Trust Files Suit Against Veterans Affairs & FEMA to Protect New Orleans' Mid-City Historic District | More Stories »

January 2009 Update
LDF Files Amicus Brief Opposing Historic Designation Challenge By Modernist Church in D.C | More Stories »

2008

September 2008 Update
LDF Moves to Join Lawsuit Challenging Expansion of Limestone Quarry Adjacent to Belle Gove Plantation and Cedar Creek Battlefield | More Stories »

May 2008 Update
LDF Seeks Federal Review After DOE Denies Request to Reconsider Multi-State Designations for High-Voltage Power Lines | More Stories »

January 2008 Update
LDF Works to Ensure that Federal Recovery Funds in the Gulf Help Historic Resources | More Stories »

2007

September 2007 Update
New Plan for Partial Preservations & Museum Display of Survivors' Staircase at WTC Site | More Stories »

May 2007 Update
LDF Helps Local Preservationists in Maryland Pursue Section 106 Enforcement for Historic Fort Ritchie | More Stories »

January 2007 Update
LDF & Landmarks Illinois Save Nationally-Significant Landscape in Highland Park From Sale by Federal Marshals | More Stories »

2006

2006 Year-End Update
California Court of Appeal Says "No" to Demolition of Historic IBM Building for Lowe's Store in San Jose | More Stories »

May 2006 Update
LDF Appeals New Mexico District Court's Dismissal of Lawsuit to Stop Commuter Expressway Through Petroglyph National Monument | More Stories »

January 2006 Update
LDF Joins Local Partners in Court to Protect the Historic Merritt Parkway in Connecticut | More Stories »

2005

September 2005 Update
MT Federal Court Rules BLM Failed to Consult with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe Prior to Approving Coal Bed Methane Development | More Stories »

May 2005 Update
Saint Lawrence Cement Co. Withdraws Plans for Massive Cement Plant in Historic Hudson Valley | More Stories »

January 2005 Update
Litigation is Imminent as Albuquerque Moves Closer to Bulldozing Expressway Though Petroglyph National Monument | More Stories »

2004

Fall 2004 Update
Nine Mile Canyon Added to 11 Most Endangered List for 2004 as the LDF Presses BLM to Improve Stewardship | More Stories »

May 2004 Update
LDF Leads Lawsuit Against Army Corps Over Unlawful Permit Allowing Residential Development Near Oatlands | More Stories »

February 2004 Update
710 Freeway Extension Loses its Federal Approval, Preservation Advocates Celebrate Victory | More Stories »

2003

October 2003 Update
After Eight Years, Historic Michigan Street Bridge Saved in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | More Stories »

May 2003 Update
Federal Court of Appeals Affirms District Court's Decision Upholding Presidential Authority to Designate National Monuments | More Stories »