AGG Enterprises v. Washington County’s Empirical Analysis
281 F.3d 1324 · 2002
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 6901 (Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992) · 49 U.S.C. § 14501
Relies on Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · California Reduction Company v. Sanitary Reduction Works of San Francisco
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The conferees further clarify that the motor carrier preemption provision does not preempt State regulation of garbage and refuse collectors. The managers have been informed by the Department of Transportation that under [Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)] case law, garbage and refuse are not considered ‘property’. Thus, garbage collectors are not considered ‘motor carriers of property’ and are thus unaffected by this provision.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]ne could hardly imagine an area of regulation that has been considered to be more intrinsically local in nature than collection of garbage and refuse, upon which may rest the health, safety, and aesthetic well-being of the community.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he FAAAA does not preempt local regulation of the collection of mixed solid waste.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.