BFI Medical Waste Sys. v. Whatcom County

ELR Citation: ELR 21018
No(s). C89-1769W (W.D. Wash. Jan 22, 1991)

The court rules that a county ordinance that bans infectious medical wastes generated outside of the county violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Citing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 8 ELR 20540, the court holds that the ordinance is uncons...