No. 22-182

Flom Disposal, Inc. v. Goodhue County, Minnesota, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: antidiscrimination-doctrine competition competition 22-181" competition-doctrine constitutional-claims discrimination dormant-commerce-clause government-defendants incineration inter-circuit-conflict interstate-commerce judicial-review landfill mootness-doctrine voluntary-cessation waste-disposal Whether under the voluntary cessation exception to
Key Terms:
Antitrust
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Are disposing of garbage by depositing it in a landfill and disposing of garbage—the same garbage from the same sources—by incinerating it, competitor businesses for purposes of the dormant Commerce Clause's antidiscrimination doctrine?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are disposing of garbage by depositing it in a landfill and disposing of garbage—the same garbage from the same sources—by incinerating it, competitor businesses for purposes of the dormant Commerce Clause's antidiscrimination doctrine?

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-08-31
Waiver of right of respondents Goodhue County, and Goodhue County Board of Commissioners to respond filed.
2022-08-30
Waiver of right of respondents Red Wing, a Minnesota municipality to respond filed.
2022-08-25

Attorneys

Flom Disposal, Inc.
Erick G. KaardalMohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A., Petitioner
Goodhue County, and Goodhue County Board of Commissioners
Rachel Catherine LeeStoel Rives LLP, Respondent
Red Wing, a Minnesota municipality
Katherine Marie SwensonGreene Espel PLLP, Respondent