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Community Rights Counsel: Taking Back Community Rights
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Community Rights Counsel (CRC) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm based in Washington DC that was formed in 1997 to assist communities in protecting their health and welfare. CRC provides strategic assistance to state and local government attorneys in defending land use laws, environmental protections, public health measures, and other community protections. CRC has published a litigation handbook, which assists state and local attorneys defending against takings claims. CRC gives presentations and conducts workshops, helps governments secure amicus support and, in critical cases, offers free representation to state and local governments and other clients. For a list of clients CRC has represented in state and federal courts around the country, click here.
Eldon ("Took") H. Crowell, is a founding partner of Crowell & Moring, a Washington DC-based law firm employing more than 270 lawyers;
CRC began as a project of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)--a national association representing over 8,000 city and county managers from around the country--and was housed within ICMA's offices until July 1998.
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- Community Rights Counsel
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- Washington DC
- United States 20036
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- +1.8888437929

