NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ASS'N v. WILLIAMS

No. 97-2987.

146 F.3d 595 (1998)

NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Charles W. WILLIAMS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Edward Garvey, in his official capacity as Director of the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Robert Thornton, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Jack Y. Perry, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellant.

Beverly Marie Conerton, St. Paul, MN, argued (Hubert H. Humphrey III, Atty. Gen., and Dwight S. Wagenius, St. Paul, MN, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BEAM and HEANEY, Circuit Judges and KOPF, District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

The National Solid Waste Management Association (the Association) appeals the district court's2 grant of summary judgment against it in its action asserting that two Minnesota state statutes violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. Because we find that the Association lacks standing to challenge one statute, and find that the other statute passes constitutional muster, we affirm.

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