United Haulers Assn., Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority
United States Supreme Court
127 S. Ct. 1786 (2007)
Relevant factsFree
Facing a waste-disposal crisis, New York counties formed OHSWMA (defendant), a public benefit corporation, and passed flow-control ordinances requiring all locally generated waste to be delivered to OHSWMA's own processing sites rather than cheaper out-of-state facilities; United Haulers (plaintiff), a trade association of local waste companies, sued arguing the ordinances discriminated against interstate commerce, winning at the district court before the court of appeals reversed.
IssueFree
Whether a flow-control ordinance requiring all waste to be delivered to a government processor constitutes an excessive burden on interstate commerce.
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