RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

November 2011

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Ninth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Federal Action Challenging Constitutionality of Local Initiative Restricting Importation of Solid Waste
Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc., et al. v. County of Solano, ___F.3d___

Potrero Hills Landfill, a privately owned solid waste and recycling business in Solano County, California, and related businesses appealed the dismissal on “Younger” abstention grounds of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the constitutionality of a voter-enacted county ordinance restricting the import of out-of-county solid waste.