Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 26, 2007
Supreme Trash
Focus Column - Gideon Kracov - A recent Supreme Court ruling on the waste disposal of three New York counties will have ramifications for local governments across the country.
By Gideon Kracov
On April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court in United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, 127 S.Ct. 1786 (2007), upheld by a vote of 6-3 a local government "flow control" law that required all solid waste to be delivered to a publicly owned and operated processing site. The court specifically distinguished the case from its earlier decision in C & A Carbone v. Clarkstown, 511 U.S....
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