Legal Opinion
Sanitation and Recycling Industry, Inc. v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1996No. 96 Civ. 4131 (MP)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge.
The police powers of local governments over the waste collection industry are by now an unexceptional element of municipal governance. Control over the regulation of garbage collection is a classic example of municipal police powers reserved to the state and local governments. Courts have upheld the authority of local governments to control local garbage collection in countless cases.
This suit relates to the licensed business of carting companies who remove trade waste in the City of New York under private contracts with business establishments. The…
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