Legal Opinion
Southcentral Pennsylvania Waste Haulers Ass'n v. Bedford-Fulton-Huntingdon Solid Waste Authority
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1994No. Civ. A. 1:CV-93-1318PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAMBO, Chief Judge.
This ease presents a challenge to the “flow control” component of the waste management plan adopted by Defendants in this case. Plaintiffs argue that the restrictions violate the “dormant” or “negative” Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The case is before the court on several parties’ motions for summary judgment which have been briefed 1 and are ripe for disposition.
Background
The following essential facts are not in dispute. In response to a rapid decrease in the 1980’s in the number of operating landfills and available landfill space in…
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