Legal Opinion
Evergreen Waste Systems, Inc. v. Metropolitan Service District
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided May 15, 1986No. CV 86-9-PAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PANNER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs Evergreen Waste Systems, Inc. and ABC Garbage Co. (referred to collectively as Evergreen) bring this action to invalidate a local ordinance governing use of a landfill. Defendants are the Metropolitan Service District (District), the City of Portland (City), and Norm Wietting, a District official. I find for defendants.
Evergreen brings three claims. In its first claim, Evergreen challenges an ordinance that prohibits the deposit of waste from outside the District at a District-operated landfill. Evergreen, which had hauled waste from Washington to the landfill…
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