PARTIES FACE TOUGH QUESTIONING IN HIGH COURT WASTE DISPOSAL CASE

Opposing attorneys representing the waste hauling industry and local governments faced tough questions from Supreme Court justices during oral argument Jan. 8 on whether local governments can use flow-control ordinances to require waste haulers to use municipal landfills. During arguments in United Haulers Association Inc., et al. v. Oneinda-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority et al ., justices focused on whether the management of solid waste falls within the realm of the traditional functions of government or whether it is a...