Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Waste Industries Ass'n v. Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 21, 2013PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this appeal of interest to counties and municipal authorities statewide, we are asked whether a municipal authority tasked with planning and implementing municipal waste disposal for Monroe County may set the “tipping fees” at private landfills. These fees cover disposal costs in the landfills as well as administrative costs and costs of other aspects of the county-wide waste disposal plan. Because the municipal authority does not own or operate the landfills which accept Monroe County’s municipal waste, our inquiry is more complicated. While we agree with several…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Nutter v. DoughertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Mars Emergency Medical Services, Inc. v. Township of AdamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Morning Call, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Recreation Land Corp. v. HartzfeldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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3Cited by7 opinions
- A. Ziegler v. City of Reading and Reading Area Water AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Keystone Sanitary Landfill, Inc. and Solid Waste Services, Inc. d/b/a J.P. Mascaro & Sons v. Monroe County Municipal Waste Management AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- A. Ziegler v. The City of Reading, & Reading Area Water Auth. ~ Appeal of: The City of ReadingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- A. Ziegler v. The City of Reading, and Reading Area Water Auth. ~ Appeal of: The City of ReadingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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