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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE v. ERIE CO.

68 Misc.2d 704 (1971)

Colgate-Palmolive Company, Plaintiff, v. Erie County et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Erie County.

December 27, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl (Charles S. Desmond of counsel), for plaintiff. Robert E. Casey, Jr., County Attorney (Leonard M. Sciolino of counsel), for defendants. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Paul S. Shemin of counsel), for State of New York, intervenor. John F. Hellegers for Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., amicus curiae. Richard J. Lippes for Center for Justice Through Law, Inc., amicus curiae.

JOSEPH P. KUSZYNSKI, J.

The plaintiff herein, Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate), seeks a preliminary injunction restraining the County of Erie from enforcing section 2(b) of its Local Law No. 8 of the Local Laws of 1971 which prohibits after January 1, 1972, the sale within Erie County of synthetic detergents containing any phosphorous components.

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