Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Erie County

Order unanimously modified in accordance with the Memorandum and as so modified affirmed, with costs to defendants-respondents. Memorandum: In its complaint plaintiff sought a declaration as to whether Local Law No. 8 of the Local Laws of 1971 of the County of Erie regulating the sale of detergents containing phosphorous in Erie County, has been pre-empted by section 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law, and in passing on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment Special 'Term dealt only with that issue. The Procter and Gamble Company seeks, as amicus curiae, to introduce a new issue on…