NY STATEWIDE COALITION v. DOH

No. 134

23 N.Y.3d 681 (2014)

16 N.E.3d 538

992 N.Y.S.2d 480

2014 NY Slip Op 4804

In the Matter of NEW YORK STATEWIDE COALITION OF HISPANIC CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE et al., Respondents, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Richard Dearing , Fay Ng , Leonard J. Koerner , Pamela Seider Dolgow , Mark Muschenheim , Jasmine M. Georges , Spencer Fisher , Zachary W. Carter and Trevor D. Lippman of counsel), for appellants.

Latham & Watkins LLP ( Richard P. Bress , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, William K. Rawson , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Lori Alvino McGill , Michael E. Bern , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Kala Sherman-Presser , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Andrew D. Prins of counsel), Latham & Watkins, LLP, New York City (James E. Brandt of counsel), for The American Beverage Association, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York City ( James W. Quinn , Salvatore A. Romanello and Gregory Silbert of counsel), for The National Restaurant Association, MoloLamken LLP ( Steven F Molo and Ben Quarmby of counsel), for The New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and another, Rivkin Radler, LLP, Uniondale ( Evan H. Krinick , Barry I. Levy and Brian L. Bank of counsel), for Soft Drink and Brewery Workers Union, Local 812, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Matthew N. Greller, Esq., LLC, Millburn, New Jersey ( Matthew N. Greller of counsel), for The National Association of Theatre Owners of New York State, respondents.

Andrew Goldberg , New York City, for Wilfredo Lopez and another, amici curiae.

Columbia Law School, Center for Constitutional Governance, New York City ( Gillian E. Metzger , Richard Briffault and Sara Haviva Mark of counsel), for Gillian E. Metzger and others, amici curiae.

Bromberg Law Office, P.C., New York City ( Brian L. Bromberg of counsel), ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, California ( Anne Pearson , Manel Kappagoda , Lindsey Zwicker and Amy Barsky of counsel), and Ohio State University College of Public Health & Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio ( Micah Berman of counsel), for National Association of County and City Health Officials and others, amici curiae.

Featherstonhaugh, Wiley & Clyne, LLP, Albany ( James D. Featherstonhaugh of counsel), for The Business Council of New York State, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Sarah R. Prins , Roy T. Englert, Jr. , and Alex Potapov of counsel), and Washington Legal Foundation ( Cory L. Andrews and Richard A. Samp of counsel), for Washington Legal Foundation and another, amici curiae.

Watkins Bradley LLP, New York City ( Adam Francois Watkins and Stephanie F. Bradley of counsel), for Maria Del Carmen Arroyo and others, amici curiae.

King & Spalding LLP, New York City ( David M. Fine of counsel), and King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia ( Jeffrey S. Cashdan and Merritt E. McAlister of counsel), for New York State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and others, amici curiae.

Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP, New York City ( Alexandra A.E. Shapiro , Marc E. Isserles and Chetan A. Patil of counsel), for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and others, amici curiae.

Reese Richman LLP, New York City ( Kim E. Richman of counsel), for Paul A. Diller and others, amici curiae.

Whatley Kailas, LLP, New York City ( Patrick J. Sheehan of counsel), and Public Good Law Center, Berkeley, California ( Seth E. Mermin and Julia Z. Marks of counsel), for National Alliance for Hispanic Health and others, amici curiae.

Jones Day, Washington, D.C. ( Anthony J. Dick , Noel J. Francisco , Ryan D. Newman , William D. Coglianese , Sarah A. Hunger and Matthew R. McGuire of counsel), for Eric Lane, amicus curiae.

Judges GRAFFEO, SMITH and ABDUS-SALAAM concur with Judge PIGOTT; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM in a concurring opinion; Judge READ dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN concurs; Judge RIVERA taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

We hold that the New York City Board of Health, in adopting the "Sugary Drinks Portion Cap Rule," exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority. By choosing among competing policy goals, without any legislative delegation or guidance, the Board engaged in law-making and thus infringed upon the legislative jurisdiction of the City Council of New York.

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