Legal Opinion
Evergreen Waste Systems, Inc. v. Metropolitan Service District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1987No. 86-3917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Plaintiffs Evergreen Waste Systems and its successor corporation ABC Garbage Co. are Oregon corporations providing waste disposal service in Clark County, Washington. They appeal from the district court’s denial of their requests for injunctive and declarative relief in a dispute with defendants Metropolitan Service District and the City of Portland, who own and operate the St. Johns landfill near Portland, Oregon. 643 F.Supp. 127. Evergreen claims that Metro’s ordinance barring out-of-district waste from the landfill violates the Commerce Clause because it…
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- Charles Laduke v. Alan C. Nelson, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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