Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach
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Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach is a California Supreme Court case, decided by a full majority on July 14, 2011, in which the plaintiffs challenged the City of Manhattan Beach's ordinance banning single-use plastic bags.[1]
Quick Facts Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach, Argued May 4, 2011 Decided July 14, 2011 ...
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach | |
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Argued May 4, 2011 Decided July 14, 2011 | |
Full case name | Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach |
Citation(s) | 52 Cal. 4th 155 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Review granted, California Court of Appeals |
Holding | |
Reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeals ruling that the City of Manhattan Beach had to prepare an EIR before implementing a ban on plastic bags. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Tani Cantil-Sakauye |
Associate Justices | Kathryn Werdegar, Ming Chin, Marvin R. Baxter, Carol Corrigan, Joyce L. Kennard, H. Walter Croskey - Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 3 |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Corrigan |
Concurrence | Cantil-Sakauye, Werdegar, Kennard, Baxter, Chin, Croskey |
Laws applied | |
California Environmental Quality Act |
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