California Supreme Court
May 7, 2011
Challenge to Plastic Bag Ban on the Ropes
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply questioned an attorney with ties to the plastics industry about whether his group has legal standing to challenge a city's proposed ban on plastic bags.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply questioned an attorney with ties to the plastics industry about whether his group has legal standing to challenge a city's proposed ban on plastic bags.
Stephen L. Joseph, representing Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, was resisting the justices' efforts to pin him down on which of two legal tests he was relying on in bringing the lawsu...
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