Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided March 10, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn Mr. Robert J. Huston Chairman, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission P.O. Box 13087 Austin, Texas 78711-3087

Re: Whether section 361.0235 of the Health and Safety Code, banning the importation into Texas of hazardous waste generated in a foreign country, is constitutional (RQ-1165)

Dear Mr. Huston:

Your predecessor in office asked us to determine whether section 361.0235 of the Health and Safety Code, banning the importation into Texas of hazardous waste generated in a foreign country, violates the Commerce Clause of the United…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du MondSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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