Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt
| Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt | |
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| Argued April 21, 1992 Decided June 1, 1992 | |
| Full case name | Chemical Waste Management, Inc., petitioner v. Guy Hunt, Governor of Alabama et al., respondents |
| Citations | 504 U.S. 334 (more) 112 S. Ct. 2009; 119 L. Ed. 2d 121; 60 U.S.L.W. 4433; 34 ERC 1721; 22 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,909 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Hunt v. Chemical Waste Mgmt., Inc. 584 So.2d 1367 (Ala. 1991) |
| Holding | |
| No state may attempt to isolate itself from a problem common to the several States by raising barriers to the free flow of interstate trade; a fee on the importation of out-of-state waste constitutes a barrier to interstate trade. Supreme Court of Alabama reversed and case remanded with instructions. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
| Dissent | Rehnquist |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Art. I § 8 | |
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt, 504 U.S. 334 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that an Alabama law imposing a fee (of $72 per ton) on out-of-state hazardous waste being disposed of in-state violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.