Attorneys Edward Kelbon and James O'Toole Publish Article on Supreme Court Decision in Waste News

Edward J. Kelbon, Jr. and James O'Toole, Jr. are the authors of an article titled "Court tackles question of trash turf," published in the October 2007 issue of Waste News, a publication of Crain Communications Inc. Kelbon and O'Toole are shareholders in Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Philadelphia office.

The article discusses the United States Supreme Court's decision in United Haulers Association Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority. In its decision, the court upheld the constitutionality of a local law that requires all waste haulers to deposit waste collected within a municipality at a site owned by the county. Kelbon and O'Toole note that the law essentially shut out all private competition in the region and led to above-market tipping fees.