ELR Citation: 56 ELR 20093
No(s). 3:26-cv-01675-WQH-BLM (S.D. Cal. Jul 14, 2026) (Hayes, J.)

A district court granted trade groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to a California law that set new criteria for recycling labels. The groups, which represent the food packaging industry, argued the law was unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and sought to enjoin its enforcement. They argued the law was unconstitutionally vague under the Fourteenth Amendment and facially unconstitutional because it infringed on their members' free speech rights under the First Amendment. The court concluded the groups were likely to succeed on the merits of their vagueness claim for each of the four challenged provisions and that each provision was severable from the remaining text, and that they established a likelihood of success on the merits of their challenge under the First Amendment. It granted the motion and enjoined California from enforcing the law.