Litigation

Bag-law and plastics litigation, tracked since 2007 — organized by the type of claim, each case with its case documents preserved.

CaseCourtFiledStatus
Enforcement & compliance
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Water Keeper vs. Formosa Plastics Corp, Texas
Clean Water ActCitizen suit
S.D. Tex.2017Case documents
SB 270 compliance — California
Coalition to Enforce SB 270 (reusable bag certifications in CA)
SB 270
2017Case documents
Preemption
Florida Retail Federation, Inc., et al., v. The City of Coral Gables
Preemption
Fla. 3d DCA2016Case documents
City of Laredo, Texas, v. Laredo Merchants Association
Preemption
Tex. Supreme Ct.2016Case documents
Recycling-deception claims
Hilex Poly Company, LLC, et al. v. Chicoeco, Inc. dba ChicoBag
False advertising
D.S.C.2011Case documents
Environmental review
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
CEQA
S.F. Super. Ct.2012Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Long Beach, et al.
CEQA
L.A. Super. Ct.2011Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Carpinteria, et al.
CEQA
Santa Barbara Super. Ct.2012Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach, et al.
CEQA
Cal. Supreme Ct.2008Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. County of Marin, et al.
CEQA
Marin Super. Ct.2011Case documents
Coalition to Support Plastic Bag Recycling v. City of Oakland, et al.
CEQA
Alameda Super. Ct.2007Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority, et al.
CEQA
San Luis Obispo Super. Ct.2012Case documents
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Santa Cruz, et al.
CEQA
Santa Cruz Super. Ct.2011Case documents
Coalition to Support Plastic Bag Recycling v. City of Palo Alto, et al.
CEQA
Santa Clara Super. Ct.2009Case documents
Gameros and the California Restaurant Association et al. v. City of San Diego
CEQAFoam & EPS
San Diego Super. Ct.2019Case documents
Tax & fee challenges
Schmeer, et al. v. Los Angeles County, et al. (Hilex Poly Prop 26)
Tax & fees
L.A. Super. Ct.2011Case documents
Colorado Union of Taxpayers Foundation v. City of Aspen, et al.*
Tax & fees
Pitkin Cnty. Dist. Ct. (Colo.)2012Case documents
Administrative review
Food Industry Alliance of New York State, Inc. v. The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson and The Board of Trustees of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
Article 78
N.Y. Sup. Ct., Westchester2014Case documents
Poly-Pak Industries v. the State of New York, USA
Article 78
N.Y. Sup. Ct.2020Case documents
Restaurant Action Alliance NYC v. the City of New York, USA
Article 78Foam & EPS
N.Y. Sup. Ct.2015Case documents
Municipal authority — Canada
Canadian Plastic Bag Association v. Victoria (City), CanadaB.C. Ct. App.2018Case documents
Canadian Plastic Bag Association v. the Corporation of the City of VictoriaB.C. Supreme Ct.2018Case documents

"Filed" is the year the proceeding began in the court shown.  Cases filed since 2021 are being added.