The Institute for Justice

- 181 cases litigated in four core mission areas:  economic liberty, property rights, political and commercial speech, and school choice

- 5 U.S. Supreme Court cases since 2002 (four victories)

- 70 percent victory rate (through litigation and legislation)

- In FY14 alone, IJ litigated 54 cases, including 15 case victories and 22 new cases

- 47 states protected property rights from eminent domain through legislative reform or state supreme court rulings after sole U.S. Supreme Court loss in Kelo v. City of New London 

- Over 16,000 homes and businesses saved since Kelo

- First favorable U.S. appeals court ruling for economic liberty since the New Deal

- More than 200,000 children nationwide benefiting from school choice

- 35 national awards for our media relations work, publications, and production

- Strategic research cited by U.S. Supreme Court and Indiana Supreme Court; used in six IJ briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, three successful cert. petitions, and 13 articles published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals; also cited in 57 articles by other authors in law, public policy, and scholarly journals

- Only law school clinic in the nation focusing exclusively on assisting low-income entrepreneurs start exclusively private-sector businesses

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