Home > Great American Court Cases > C & A Carbone v. Town of Clarkstown, New York

Legal Citation: 511 U.S. 383 (1994)

Petitioner
C & A Carbone, Inc.

Respondent
Town of Clarkstown, New York

Petitioner's Claim
That a Clarkstown ordinance requiring all haulers to deposit waste at a private transfer station in return for deeding over the station to the city in five years violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Betty Jo Christian

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
William C. Brashares

Justices for the Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William H. Rehnquist, David H. Souter

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
16 May 1994

Decision
An ordinance enabling...