Legal Opinion
Waste Recycling, Inc. v. Southeast Alabama Solid Waste Disposal Authority
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 8, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-T-642-SPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
The question presented in this lawsuit is whether three representative versions of municipal ordinances governing the collection and disposal of solid waste in a four-county region in southeastern Alabama impermissi-bly restrict the disposal of such waste to that area, in violation of the commerce clause of the United States Constitution, art. I, § 8, cl. 3. The plaintiffs are private businesses engaged in the collection and disposal of solid waste: Waste Recycling, Inc., Waste Away Group, Inc., Waste Away, Inc., Brundidge Waste Disposal…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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