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Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach

About this case

Filing year
2008
Status
Opinion issued.
Docket number
S180720
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → California Supreme Court (Cal.)
Case category
State Law Claims (US) → State Impact Assessment Laws (US)
Principal law
United States → California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
At issue
Challenge to negative declaration under CEQA with respect to ordinance banning plastic bags.
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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07/14/2011
Opinion issued.
The California Supreme Court reversed two lower courts in holding that the City of Manhattan Beach did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by failing to conduct a full-scale environmental impact analysis before adopting an ordinance prohibiting certain retailers from providing plastic bags to customers, concluding that the ordinance would have no significant environmental effect.
Decision

Summary

Challenge to negative declaration under CEQA with respect to ordinance banning plastic bags.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience