Legal Opinion
Society of Plastics Industry, Inc. v. County of Suffolk
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1991PublishedCited by 633 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
The Suffolk County Legislature, as part of an effort to *764protect the environment, in 1988 adopted the Plastics Law, banning the use of certain plastics products by retail food establishments. This is an action by representatives of the plastics industry — a nationwide trade organization and one local member — to overturn that law.
While plaintiffs advanced several alternative grounds for nullifying the law, only one remains: that the County Legislature, as lead agency, failed to conduct an adequate environmental review before passing the law. We conclude that these…
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