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PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 73-1650.

509 F.2d 69 (1975)

The PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, and FMC Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation of Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1975.

Certiorari Denied May 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, and Edmund Hatfield, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James E. Hastings, Chicago, Ill., Alan S. Ward, Allan J. Topol, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied May 19, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1980.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether an ordinance of the City of Chicago that bans the use of detergents containing phosphates is unconstitutional on the ground that it results in an impermissible interference with interstate commerce. The district court decided that the ordinance is unconstitutional.1 We disagree.

The ordinance was adopted...

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