U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California
Coverage of U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California in the Nexus archive.
- 17 GOP AGs sue California over single-use plastics law
Seventeen Republican attorneys general, led by Nebraska's Mike Hilgers, sued California over its single-use plastics law, alleging it will raise consumer costs and violate the Commerce Clause. The law requires plastic producers to reduce single-use plastic by 25% and ensure all packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2032.
- Louisiana joins Republican AGs to sue California over single-use plastics law
Seventeen Republican attorneys general, including Louisiana's, sued California over its Plastics Act, which requires reducing single-use plastics by 25% and ensuring all packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2032. The lawsuit claims the law will raise consumer costs and violates the Commerce Clause by interfering with interstate commerce.