Legal Opinion
Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc. v. County of Solano
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 2011No. 10-15229PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAWKINS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Potrero Hills Landfill (“Potrero Hills”), a privately owned solid waste and recycling business in Solano County, California (“the County”), and twenty-two related businesses appeal the dismissal on Youn ger 1 abstention grounds of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the constitutionality of a voter-enacted county ordinance restricting the import of out-of-county solid waste into Solano County — an ordinance that the County itself believes to be unconstitutional and refuses to enforce. We hold that Younger…
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