Legal Opinion
Tom Hudson & Associates, Inc., and Tom Hudson v. City of Chula Vista, Sca Services Inc., and Chula Vista Sanitary Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1984No. 83-6467PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the issue whether California cities are exempt from federal antitrust scrutiny when granting exclusive trash collection franchises.
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Plaintiffs-appellees are two trash removal companies, Hudson & Associates and G.B. Services, and their individual owners. Defendants-appellants are the City of Chula Vista, California, and Chula Vista Sanitary Services (CVSS), a competing private trash collection firm, which since 1971 has held a contract with the city of Chula Vista to provide all commercial and residential trash collection services within the city limits.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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