haulers association et al solid waste management authority et argued january decided april traditionally municipalities respondent counties disposed solid wastes often via landfills operated without permits violation state regulations facing environmental crisis uneasy relationship local waste management companies counties requested state created respondent authority counties authority agreed authority manage solid waste counties private haulers pick citizens trash authority process sort send disposal authority also provide services including recycling authority operating costs debt service recouped tipping fees charged counties must make difference avoid liability counties enacted flow control ordinances requiring private haulers obtain permits collect solid waste counties deliver waste authority sites petitioners trade association individual haulers filed suit alleging flow control ordinances violate commerce clause discriminating interstate commerce submitted evidence without ordinances associated tipping fees dispose solid waste facilities far less ruling haulers favor district held nearly flow control laws categorically rejected carbone clarkstown held ordinance forcing haulers deliver waste particular private facility discriminated interstate commerce reversing second circuit held carbone dormant commerce clause precedents allow distinction laws benefit public opposed private facilities held judgment affirmed affirmed chief justice delivered opinion respect parts concluding counties flow control ordinances treat private business interests exactly ones discriminate interstate commerce pp determine whether law violates dormant commerce clause first asks whether discriminates face interstate commerce context simply means differential treatment economic interests benefits former burdens latter oregon waste systems department environmental quality discriminatory laws motivated simple economic protectionism subject virtually per se rule invalidity philadelphia new jersey overcome showing means advance legitimate local purpose maine taylor carbone control case carbone involved flow control ordinance requiring nonhazardous solid waste within town deposited upon payment tipping fee transfer facility run private contractor agreement town see dissent opined ostensibly private transfer station essentially municipal facility distinction saved ordinance favoring local government different favoring particular private company majority failure comment distinction prove haulers contend majority agreed dissent characterization facility thought difference dormant commerce clause laws favoring private entities favoring public ones rather carbone majority avoided issue transfer station private therefore question whether public facilities may favored properly majority viewed ordinance one instance local processing requirements long held invalid citing six local processing cases involving discrimination favor private enterprise extending line cases cover discrimination favor local government expected said thus carbone regarded decided question pp flow control ordinances case discriminate interstate commerce compelling reasons justify treating laws differently laws favoring particular private businesses competitors ny notion discrimination assumes comparison substantially similar entities general motors tracy whereas government important responsibilities protect health safety welfare citizens set apart typical private business cf moreover contrast laws favoring business competition often product economic protectionism laws favoring local government may directed toward number legitimate goals unrelated protectionism ordinances enable counties pursue particular policies respect waste handling treatment allocating costs policies citizens businesses according volume waste generate contrary approach treating public private entities dormant commerce clause lead unprecedented unbounded interference courts state local government counties citizens left entire matter waste management services private sector case regulation undertook discriminate interstate commerce also open vest responsibility matter government adopt flow control ordinances support government effort office commerce clause control voters decision regard particularly hesitant interfere waste disposal typically traditionally function local government exercising police power nothing commerce clause vests responsibility policy judgment federal judiciary finally dormant commerce clause cases often find discrimination burden state regulation falls interests outside state palpable harm imposed ordinances issue expensive trash removal likely fall upon people voted laws counties citizens reason step hand local businesses victory obtain political process pp roberts delivered opinion except part souter ginsburg breyer joined opinion full scalia filed opinion concurring parts thomas filed opinion concurring judgment alito filed dissenting opinion stevens kennedy joined haulers association et petitioners solid waste management authority et al writ certiorari appeals second circuit april chief justice roberts delivered opinion except part flow control ordinances require trash haulers deliver solid waste particular waste processing facility carbone clarkstown struck commerce clause flow control ordinance forced haulers deliver waste particular private processing facility case face flow control ordinances quite similar one invalidated carbone salient difference laws issue require haulers bring waste facilities owned operated public benefit corporation find difference constitutionally significant disposing trash traditional government activity years laws favor government areas treat every private business whether exactly discriminate interstate commerce purposes commerce clause applying commerce clause test reserved regulations discriminate interstate commerce uphold ordinances incidental burden may interstate commerce outweigh benefits confer citizens oneida herkimer counties located central new york oneida herkimer counties span square miles home residents traditionally city town village within counties responsible disposing waste many relied local landfills environmentally responsible fashion others counties confronted credibly call solid waste brief respondents many local landfills operating without permits violation state regulations sixteen ordered close remediate surrounding environment costing public tens millions dollars environmental problems culminated federal action landfill oneida county defendants case named local businesses several municipalities school districts defendants crisis extended beyond health safety concerns counties uneasy relationship local waste management companies enduring price fixing pervasive overcharging influence organized crime dramatic price hikes uncommon example county contractor doubled waste disposal rate six weeks notice responding problems counties requested new york legislature governor created solid waste management authority authority public benefit corporation see pub auth law ann et seq west authority empowered collect process dispose solid waste generated counties authority governmental public purposes counties may impose appropriate reasonable limitations competition instance adopting local laws requiring solid waste delivered specified solid waste recovery facility authority counties entered solid waste management agreement authority agreed manage solid waste within counties private haulers remain free pick citizens trash curb authority take job processing trash sorting sending disposal fulfill part bargain authority agreed purchase develop facilities processing disposal solid waste recyclables generated counties authority collected tipping fees cover operating maintenance costs tipping fees significantly exceeded charged waste removal open market allowed authority average private waste disposer addition landfill transportation solid waste disposal fees enabled authority provide recycling kinds materials well composting household hazardous waste disposal number services authority operating costs debt service recouped tipping fees charges agreement provided counties make difference described agreement flaw citizens might opt waste hauled facilities lower tipping fees avoid stuck bill facilities citizens voted chose use counties enacted flow control ordinances requiring solid waste generated within counties delivered authority processing private haulers must obtain permit authority collect waste counties penalties noncompliance ordinances include permit revocation fines imprisonment petitioners haulers association trade association made solid waste management companies six haulers operated oneida herkimer counties action filed sued counties authority rev stat alleging flow control laws violate commerce clause discriminating interstate commerce submitted evidence without flow control laws associated tipping fees dispose solid waste facilities per ton including transportation district read decision carbone categorically rejecting nearly flow control laws ruled haulers favor enjoining enforcement counties laws second circuit reversed reasoning carbone dormant commerce clause precedents allow distinction laws benefit public opposed private facilities accordingly held statute discriminate interstate commerce favors local government expense private industry remanded let district decide whether counties ordinances nevertheless placed incidental burden interstate commerce whether ordinances benefits outweighed burden remand protracted discovery magistrate judge district found haulers show ordinances imposed cognizable burden interstate commerce second circuit affirmed assuming laws exacted toll interstate commerce finding possible burden modest compared clear substantial benefits ordinances sixth circuit recently issued conflicting decision holding flow control ordinance favoring public entity facially discriminate interstate commerce see national solid wastes management assn daviess granted certiorari ii commerce clause provides congress shall power regulate commerce foreign nations among several art cl although constitution terms limit power regulate commerce long interpreted commerce clause implicit restraint state authority even absence conflicting federal statute see case state freight tax wall cooley board wardens port philadelphia ex rel soc relief distressed pilots determine whether law violates dormant aspect commerce clause first ask whether discriminates face interstate commerce american trucking michigan pub serv fort gratiot sanitary landfill michigan dept natural resources context simply means differential treatment economic interests benefits former burdens latter oregon waste systems department environmental quality new energy ind limbach discriminatory laws motivated simple economic protectionism subject virtually per se rule invalidity philadelphia new jersey overcome showing state means advance legitimate local purpose maine taylor following lead sixth circuit daviess county haulers argue vigorously counties ordinances discriminate interstate commerce carbone carbone town clarkstown new york hired private contractor build waste transfer station according terms deal contractor operate facility five years charging tipping fee per ton five years town buy facility one dollar town guaranteed facility receive certain volume trash per year make good promise clarkstown passed flow control ordinance requiring nonhazardous solid waste within town deposited transfer facility see struck ordinance holding discriminated interstate commerce hoard ing solid waste demand get rid benefit preferred processing facility dissent pointed local processing cases involved laws discriminated favor private entities public ones opinion souter according dissent clarkstown ostensibly private transfer station essentially municipal facility distinction saved clarkstown ordinance favoring local government nature different favoring particular private company majority comment dissent distinction parties case draw opposite inferences majority silence haulers say proves majority agreed dissent characterization facility thought difference dormant commerce clause laws favoring private entities favoring public ones counties disagree arguing majority studiously avoided issue facility carbone private therefore question whether public facilities may favored properly believe latter interpretation carbone correct second circuit explained carbone justices divided fact whether favored facility public private rather import distinction emphasis original carbone dissent offered number reasons public entities treated differently private ones dormant commerce clause see opinion souter hard suppose carbone majority definitively rejected arguments without explaining carbone majority viewed clarkstown flow control ordinance one instance local processing requirements long held invalid cited six local processing cases every one involved discrimination favor private description cases acknowledges offending local laws hoard local resource meat shrimp milk benefit local businesses treat emphasis added extending line local processing cases cover discrimination favor local government one expect said cf burr cas cc marshall opinion establish principle never recognized expressed plain explicit terms carbone majority stated conceivable distinction laws local processing cases clarkstown flow control ordinance clarkstown ordinance favored single local business rather group emphasis added thought clarkstown processing facility public additional distinction merely conceivable conceived discussed length three justices dissent carbone regarded decided flow control ordinances case benefit clearly public facility treating private companies exactly question squarely presented facts case us decide flow control ordinances discriminate interstate commerce purposes dormant commerce clause compelling reasons justify treating laws differently laws favoring particular private businesses competitors conceptually course notion discrimination assumes comparison substantially similar entities general motors tracy omitted municipalities private businesses far unlike private enterprise government vested responsibility protecting health safety welfare citizens see metropolitan life ins massachusetts traditionally great latitude police powers legislate protection lives limbs health comfort quiet persons internal quotation marks omitted important responsibilities set state local government apart typical private business cf tracy supra scalia concurring nothing negative commerce clause jurisprudence compels conclusion private marketers engaged sale natural gas similarly situated public utility companies given differences make sense regard laws favoring local government laws favoring private industry equal skepticism local processing cases demonstrate law favors business competition rigorous scrutiny appropriate law often product simple economic protectionism wyoming oklahoma philadelphia new jersey laws favoring local government contrast may directed toward number legitimate goals unrelated protectionism flow control ordinances enable counties pursue particular policies respect handling treatment waste generated counties allocating costs policies citizens businesses according volume waste generate contrary approach treating public private entities dormant commerce clause lead unprecedented unbounded interference courts state local government dormant commerce clause roving license federal courts decide activities appropriate state local government undertake activities must province private market competition case citizens oneida herkimer counties chosen government provide waste management services limited role private sector arranging transport waste curb public facilities citizens left entire matter private sector case regulation undertook discriminate interstate commerce also open vest responsibility matter government adopt flow control ordinances support government effort office commerce clause control decision voters whether government private sector provide waste management services commerce clause significantly limits ability localities regulate otherwise burden flow interstate commerce elevate free trade values maine taylor see exxon governor maryland commerce clause protect particular structure method operation market particularly hesitant interfere counties efforts guise commerce clause aste disposal typically traditionally local government function case calabresi concurring see usa recycling town babylon ninety years settled law garbage collection disposal core function local government melosi garbage cities refuse reform environment pp congress recognized local government vital role waste management making clear collection disposal solid wastes continue primarily function state regional local agencies resource conservation recovery act stat policy state new york favors displac ing competition regulation monopoly control area pub auth law ann may may agree approach nothing commerce clause vests responsibility policy judgment federal finally bears mentioning palpable harm imposed ordinances expensive trash removal likely fall upon people voted laws dormant commerce clause cases often find discrimination state shifts costs regulation burden state regulation falls interests outside state unlikely alleviated operation political restraints normally exerted interests within state affected southern pacific arizona ex rel sullivan citizens businesses counties bear costs ordinances reason step hand local businesses victory obtain political process hold counties flow control ordinances treat private business interests exactly ones discriminate interstate commerce purposes dormant commerce counties flow control ordinances properly analyzed test set forth pike bruce church reserved laws directed legitimate local concerns effects upon interstate commerce incidental philadelphia new jersey pike test uphold nondiscriminatory statute like one unless burden imposed interstate commerce clearly excessive relation putative local benefits northwest central pipeline state corporation years discovery magistrate judge district detect disparate impact opposed businesses second circuit alluded endorse rather abstract harm may exist counties flow control ordinances removed waste generated oneida herkimer counties national marketplace waste processing services find unnecessary decide whether ordinances impose incidental burden interstate commerce arguable burden exceed public benefits ordinances ordinances give counties convenient effective way finance integrated package services revenue generation local interest justify discrimination interstate commerce carbone emphasis added think cognizable benefit purposes pike test time ordinances financing tools increase recycling least two ways conferring significant health environmental benefits upon citizens counties first create enhanced incentives recycling proper disposal kinds waste solid waste disposal expensive counties accept recyclables many forms hazardous waste free effectively encouraging citizens sort trash second requiring waste deposited authority facilities counties markedly increased ability enforce recycling laws haulers take waste disposal site achieving equal level enforcement much costly impossible reasons arguable burden ordinances impose interstate commerce exceed public benefits counties ordinances exercises police power effort address waste disposal typical traditional concern local government haulers nevertheless ask us hold laws favoring public entities treating private businesses subject almost per se rule invalidity asserted discrimination alternative maintain counties laws survive permissive pike test asserted burdens commerce common thread arguments invitations rigorously scrutinize economic legislation passed auspices police power time presumed make binding judgments society guise interpreting due process clause see lochner new york seek reclaim ground judicial supremacy banner dormant commerce clause judgments appeals second circuit affirmed ordered haulers association et petitioners solid waste management authority et al writ certiorari appeals second circuit april justice scalia concurring part join part parts opinion write separately reaffirm view commerce clause unjustified judicial invention expanded beyond existing domain general motors tracy scalia concurring historical record provides grounds reading commerce clause says authorization congress regulate commerce tyler pipe industries washington state dept revenue scalia concurring part dissenting part willing enforce stare decisis grounds negative commerce clause two situations state law facially discriminates interstate commerce state law indistinguishable type law previously held unconstitutional west lynn creamery healy scalia concurring judgment today opinion makes clear law issue case meets neither condition benefits public entity performing traditional function treats private entities precisely way disparate treatment constitutes discrimination objects disparate treatment relevant purposes similarly situated camps town harrison scalia dissenting none cases concludes public entities private entities similarly situated commerce clause purposes hold broaden negative commerce clause beyond existing scope intrude regulatory sphere traditionally occupied tracy supra scalia concurring unable join part principal opinion plurality performs pike balancing generally speaking balancing various values left congress precisely commerce clause real commerce clause envisions haulers association et petitioners solid waste management authority et al writ certiorari appeals second circuit april justice thomas concurring judgment concur judgment although joined carbone clarkstown longer believe correctly decided negative commerce clause basis constitution proved unworkable practice see camps town harrison thomas dissenting tyler pipe industries washington state dept revenue scalia concurring part dissenting part license cases taney debate majority dissent shows application negative commerce clause turns solely policy considerations constitution policy role regulating interstate commerce discard negative commerce clause jurisprudence commerce clause congress shall power regulate commerce foreign nations among several indian tribes art cl language clause allows congress regulate interstate commerce also prevent state regulation interstate commerce state bd ins todd shipyards gibbons ogden wheat expanding powers explicitly conferred congress interpreted commerce clause tool courts strike state laws believes inhibit interstate commerce basis constitution interpretation contest point simply begins analysis appealing stare decisis although constitution terms limit power regulate commerce long interpreted commerce clause implicit restraint state authority even absence conflicting federal statute see case state freight tax wall cooley board wardens port philadelphia ex rel soc relief distressed pilots ante reliance cooley state freight tax curious abandoned reasoning cases recent jurisprudence cooley state freight tax premised upon notion commerce clause exclusive grant power congress certain subject cooley supra holding hatever subjects commerce clause power nature national admit one uniform system plan regulation may justly said nature require exclusive legislation ongress holding nature th subject state pilotage laws require exclusive legislation therefore upholding state laws negative commerce clause challenge state freight tax supra applying rationale however longer limits congress power analyzing whether subjects state regulation admit one uniform system cooley supra rather modern jurisprudence focuses upon way regulate subjects decide whether regulation permissible ante reasoning cooley state freight tax rejected entirely provide foundation today decision unfazed proceeds analyze whether ordinances discriminat face interstate commerce ante none cases cites explains absence presence discrimination relevant deciding whether ordinances constitutionally permissible least one case affirmatively admits nondiscrimination rule basis constitution philadelphia new jersey bounds restraints appear nowhere words commerce clause emerged gradually decisions giving effect basic purpose thus cloaked purpose commerce clause rule discrimination applies decide case exists untethered written constitution rule instead depends upon policy preferences majority policy preferences unsuitable basis constitutional doctrine shift time demonstrated different theories offered support nondiscrimination principle early years nondiscrimination rule struck state health law enactment similar statute one composing union result destruction commerce among several minnesota barber see packing haydel stating commerce clause violation occur state statute directly obstruct burden interstate commerce recently struck state laws sometimes based preference national unity see american trucking michigan pub serv justifying nondiscrimination rule stating ur constitution framed upon theory peoples several must sink swim together internal quotation marks omitted times basis antiprotectionist sentiment see oregon waste systems department environmental quality noting interest avoid ing tendencies toward economic balkanization new energy ind limbach stating negative commerce clause prohibits economic protectionism regulatory measures designed benefit economic interests burdening competitors see also carbone central rationale rule discrimination prohibit state municipal laws whose object local economic protectionism laws excite jealousies retaliatory measures constitution designed prevent toomer witsell striking law impose artificial rigidity economic pattern industry many cases today majority dissent rest erroneous assumption must choose economic protectionism free market constitution vests fundamentally legislative choice congress extent congress exercise authority make choice constitution limit power regulate commerce face congressional silence free set balance protectionism free market instead accepting constitutional reality negative commerce clause jurisprudence gives nine justices power decide appropriate balance ii foregoing demonstrates despite years negative commerce clause doctrine principled way decide case current law notably consider case light language constitution historical context alden maine likewise follow cardinal rule construe provisions context balsys text construe take account founders deliberate choice words natural meaning wright furthermore debate opinion dissenting opinion reveals case law applies facts explaining ordinances discriminate interstate commerce government vested responsibility protecting health safety welfare citizens ante according law favoring business requires rigorous scrutiny law often product economic protectionism ante law favoring local government however may directed toward number legitimate goals unrelated protectionism ibid distinction razor thin contrast today deferential approach apparently based trust local government applied equivalent strict scrutiny cases even unchallenged state law discriminated favor private entities legitimate nonprotectionist reason see barber supra striking state inspection law livestock even though challenge presumption statute enacted good faith protect health people minnesota carbone involved discrimination favor private entities doubt good faith municipality attempting deal waste ordinance struck ordinance allow interstate entities participate waste disposal majority distinguishes carbone deciding favoritism government monopoly less suspect government regulation private see basis drawing conclusion anything suggests preference government monopoly privatization ante stating waste disposal typically traditionally local government function alteration internal quotation marks omitted whatever reason choice make like previous negative commerce clause cases today decision leaves future state local regulation commerce whim federal judiciary iii despite acceptance negative commerce clause jurisprudence expresses concern unprecedented unbounded interference courts state local government ante explains dormant commerce clause roving license federal courts decide activities appropriate state local government undertake activities must province private market competition reason step hand local businesses victory obtain political process ante agree commerce clause roving license deliver businesses victories failed obtain political process differ believe powerful rhetoric completely undermined doctrine applies regard analogy lochner new york suggests reject negative commerce clause rather tweak ante lochner located right free contract constitutional provision says nothing sort negative commerce clause jurisprudence created whole cloth illegitimate right vindicated lochner yet today decision repudiate doctrinal error rather propagates error narrowing negative commerce clause policy reasons reasons later majorities may find entirely illegitimate majority revisits familiar territory three years lochner narrowed right contract policy reasons overrule lochner muller oregon upholding requirement women difference two sexes justifies difference legislation like muller today majority trifles unsound illegitimate jurisprudence yet fails abandon believe power regulate interstate commerce power given congress concur judgment haulers association et petitioners solid waste management authority et al writ certiorari appeals second circuit april justice alito justice stevens justice kennedy join dissenting carbone clarkstown held flow control ordinance require solid waste processed designated transfer station leaving municipality discriminated interstate commerce invalid commerce clause depriv ed competitors including firms access local market provisions challenged case essentially identical ordinance invalidated carbone respectfully dissent interpreted commerce clause invalidate local laws impose commercial barriers discriminate article commerce reason origin destination state acknowledges law discriminat es context mandates treatment economic way benefits former burdens latter ante quoting oregon waste systems department environmental quality local law discriminates interstate commerce sustainable serves legitimate local purpose served well nondiscriminatory means maine taylor solid waste even value article commerce fort gratiot sanitary landfill michigan dept natural resources accordingly laws discriminate trash reason origin destination state carbone sustainable serve legitimate local purpose served well nondiscriminatory means carbone invalidated local ordinance requiring nonhazardous solid waste clarkstown new york deposited specific local transfer facility concluded ordinance discriminated interstate commerce hoard ed solid waste demand get rid benefit preferred processing facility explained ordinance serve purpose nonprotectionist regulation ensures facility profitable local contractor build clarkstown buy back nominal cost five years words flow control ordinance financing measure ibid concluded however revenue generation local interest justify discrimination interstate commerce ibid also held clarkstown number nondiscriminatory alternatives addressing health environmental problems alleged justify ordinance including uniform safety regulations enacted ensure competitors underprice market cutting corners environmental safety ibid thus invalidated ordinance legitimate local interests served ordinance accomplished nondiscriminatory means see case meaningfully distinguished carbone acknowledges salient difference cases ordinance invalidated carbone discriminated favor privately owned facility whereas laws issue discriminate favor facilities owned operated public benefit corporation ante relies distinction public private ownership uphold laws even though straightforward application carbone lead opposite result see ante distinction drawn illusory without precedent ii fact flow control laws issue discriminate favor enterprise meaningfully distinguish case carbone preferred facility carbone sure nominally owned private contractor built facility town behalf misleading describe facility private exchange contractor promise build facility town free charge sell town five years later town guaranteed first five years facility existence contractor receive minimum waste flow tons per year contractor charge tipping fee facility received less tons year town make tipping fee deficit ibid prevent residents businesses trash haulers taking waste elsewhere pursuit lower tipping fees leaving town responsible covering shortfall contractor guaranteed revenue stream town enacted ordinance requir ing nonhazardous solid waste within town deposited preferred facility ibid observed object arrangement amortize cost transfer station town finance new facility income generated tipping fees ibid emphasis added words explained flow control ordinance wa financing measure everyone including regarded town new transfer station real difference facility issue carbone counterpart case title former yet formally passed municipality exalts form substance adopting test turns technical distinction particularly since barring obstacle presented state law transaction carbone restructured provide passage title beginning rather end period reason surprising carbone dispute dissent observation preferred facility practical purposes owned municipality see opinion souter clarkstown transfer station essentially municipal facility describing nominal proprietor transfer station essentially agent municipal government contrary repeatedly referred transfer station terms suggesting transfer station fact belong town see explaining town finance new facility income generated tipping fees emphasis added observing challenged ordinance designed ensur facility profitable concluding elected use open market earn revenues project town may employ discriminatory regulation give project advantage rival businesses state emphasis added today dismisses statements best inconclusive ante however fails offer explanation meaning possibly attach carbone repeated references clarkstown transfer station municipal facility also ignores fact ordinance included entirety appendix opinion repeatedly referred station town clarkstown solid waste facility likewise fails acknowledge parties carbone openly acknowledged municipal character transfer station see pet town designated trash disposal facility operated private contractor agreement town emphasis added brief petitioner arguing clear purported safety health benefits flow control ordinance derive simply continued economic viability town waste facility emphasis added internal quotation marks omitted brief respondent town entered contract clarkstown recycling provided firm build operate new town facility emphasis added see ambiguities statements much less reason dismiss best inconclusive reflect clear understanding station purposes relevant dormant commerce clause municipal facility iii event never treated discriminatory legislation greater deference simply entity favored legislation enterprise suggesting otherwise relies unduly carbone passing observation local laws hoard local resource meat shrimp milk benefit local businesses ante emphasis original carbone use word businesses insists somehow reveals carbone extending dormant commerce clause jurisprudence cover discrimination favor local government ibid exten sion required long subjected discriminatory legislation strict scrutiny never today recognized exception discrimination favor entity long ago recognized commerce clause violated law discriminates favor monopoly south carolina enacted laws giving state agency exclusive right operate facilities selling alcoholic beverages within state laws challenged commerce clause scott donald vance vandercook held commerce clause barred state prohibiting residents purchasing alcohol vendors see state surmount problem allowing residents receive shipments personal use see holding based fundamental dormant commerce clause principle applied put vance state discriminate bringing lawful articles importing discrimination hindrance interstate commerce unjust preference products enacting state similar products quoting scott supra carbone supra commerce clause bars state local laws impose commercial barriers discriminate article commerce reason origin destination state thus amendment laws creating liquor monopolies many maintain today deemed discriminatory dormant commerce clause see granholm heald explaining amendment makes possible assume direct control liquor distribution outlets see thomas dissenting noting although laws creating state monopoly sale liquor discriminat interstate commerce within ambit amendment therefore immune scrutiny dormant commerce clause course comparable provision constitution authorizing discriminate providers waste processing disposal services either means monopoly otherwise ever suggested discriminatory legislation favoring enterprise entitled favorable treatment sure entities accorded special status doctrine doctrine applicable doctrine state permitted exercise discretion parties deal reeves stake doctrine thus allows engage certain practices selling exclusively buying exclusively state residents long state acting market participant rather market regulator timber development wunnicke emphasis added respondents exactly doctrine says acting market participants operating business enterprise area established interstate market respondents also regulating market discriminatory manner claiming special governmental status somehow insulates dormant commerce clause challenge see ibid respondents insist doctrine application asserting defense doctrine brief respondents argument misses point regardless whether respondents assert defense doctrine cases make clear discriminate interstate commerce unless acting solely market participants today however suggests contrary prior holdings discriminate favor interests acting market participant market regulator iv despite precedent condemning discrimination favor enterprises attempts develop logical justification rule creates today justification rests three principal assertions first insists simply make sense regard laws favoring local government laws favoring private industry equal skepticism latter often product economic protectionism ante quoting wyoming oklahoma former may directed toward number legitimate goals unrelated protectionism ante second reasons deference legislation discriminating favor municipal landfill especially appropriate considering aste disposal typically traditionally local government function ante quoting calabresi concurring third suggests respondents laws discriminatory treat private business interests exactly ones ante find arguments unpersuasive see basis assumption discrimination favor facility owned government likely serve legitimate goals unrelated protectionism discrimination favor government facility serves economic interests carbone concurring judgment quoting raymond motor rice inuring benefit local residents employed facility local businesses supply facility goods services local workers employed businesses therefore surprising read opinion state discrimination favor business likely motivated economic protectionism experience countries state ownership common country teaches governments often discriminate favor businesses shielding international competition precisely purpose protecting derive economic benefits businesses including discrimination amounts economic protectionism realistic sense token discrimination favor privately owned facility may serve legitimate ends promotion public health safety example state might enact legislation discriminating favor produce livestock grown within state reasoning state inspectors easily monitor use pesticides fertilizers feed farms within state borders legislation almost certainly unconstitutional notwithstanding potential promote public health safety see philadelphia new jersey noting repeatedly invalidated legislation presumably legitimate goal sought achieved illegitimate means isolating state national economy fallacy approach illustrated comparing law discriminates favor facility owned corporation whose shares publicly held law discriminating favor otherwise identical facility owned state municipality favored disfavored two laws essentially one major exception law favoring corporate facility presumably benefits corporation shareholders probably local residents whereas law favoring facility presumably benefits people enacting state municipality understand former law latter regarded tool economic protectionism think realistic consistent precedents condemn discriminatory laws protectionist upholding equally discriminatory laws lawful measures designed serve legitimate local interests unrelated protectionism reasons accept proposition laws discriminating favor enterprises unlikely product economic protectionism exempt usual dormant commerce clause standards proper analysis dormant commerce clause involves inquiry whether challenged act sense directed toward legitimate goals unrelated protectionism equally important means goals realized chosen means take form statute discriminates interstate commerce face practical burden falls enacting government demonstrate statute legitimate local purpose purpose served well available nondiscriminatory means taylor quoting hughes oklahoma thus legislative means discriminatory regardless legitimate nonprotectionist underlying legislative goals may legislation subject strict scrutiny similarly fact discriminatory law may sense directed toward number legitimate goals unrelated protectionism make law nondiscriminatory existence goals relevant whether law discriminatory whether law allowed stand even though discriminates interstate commerce even existence legitimate goals enough discriminatory legislation upheld goals adequately achieved nondiscriminatory means see philadelphia supra evil protectionism reside legislative means well legislative ends whatever state purpose may accomplished discriminating articles commerce coming outside state unless reason apart origin treat differently hunt washington state apple advertising explaining need ascribe economic protection motive discriminatory laws laws subject strict scrutiny even enacted declared purpose protecting consumers deception fraud marketplace dean milk madison instructive point case involved dormant commerce clause challenge ordinance requiring milk sold madison wisconsin processed within five miles city central square see ordinance professe health measure may conferred benefit city residents extent succeeded guaranteeing purity quality milk sold city nevertheless invalidated ordinance concluding public health benefits may conferred achieved reasonable nondiscriminatory alternatives including system allow nonlocal dairy qualify sell milk city upon proving compliance applicable health safety requirements inquire whether real purpose ordinance benefit public health safety protect local economic interests make effort determine whether extent ordinance may succeeded promoting health safety fact apparently assumed ordinance fairly characterized health measure nevertheless concluded ordinance stand erect ed economic barrier protecting major local industry competition without state plac ed discriminatory burden interstate commerce essential protection local health interests overarching concern expressed ordinance left intact invite multiplication preferential trade areas destructive purpose commerce clause circumstances presented concluded regulation must yield principle state dealings another may place position economic isolation ibid quoting baldwin seelig reasoning dooms laws challenged like ordinance dean milk laws discriminate interstate commerce generally favoring local interests nonlocal interests defended ground serve legitimate goals unrelated protectionism health safety protection environment question laws issue case serve legitimate goals laws offend dormant commerce clause goals attained effectively nondiscriminatory means indeed less carbone goals achieved uniform health safety regulations enacted without object discriminate ensure competitors municipal program underprice market cutting corners environmental safety respondents also free course subsidize ir program general taxes municipal bonds elected use open market earn revenues waste management program respondents may employ discriminatory regulation give program advantage rival businesses state ibid next suggests deference legislation discriminating favor municipal landfill especially appropriate considering aste disposal typically traditionally local government function ante quoting calabresi concurring disagree two grounds first previously recognized standard turns judicial appraisal whether particular governmental function principle unworkable practice garcia san antonio metropolitan transit authority indeed twice experimented standards first context intergovernmental tax immunity see south carolina recently context state regulatory immunity commerce clause see national league cities usery abandon later analytically unsound see garcia supra overruling national league cities new york overruling south carolina thus extent today holding rests distinction traditional governmental functions nontraditional counterparts see ante reconciled prior precedent second although many municipalities country long assumed responsibility disposing local garbage see carbone supra souter dissenting garbage produced country still managed private sector see brief national solid wastes management association et al amici curiae today nearly solid waste received landfills received private sector landfills beck et size solid waste industry apr study sponsored environmental research education foundation noting solid waste produced managed privately owned businesses respect simply mistaken concluding waste disposal typically local government function moreover especially considering recognition notion discrimination assumes comparison substantially similar entities ante quoting general motors tracy traditional municipal landfill present purposes entirely different monopolistic landfill supported kind discriminatory legislation issue case carbone former may rooted history tradition latter deemed unconstitutional today see carbone supra therefore far clear laws issue fairly described serving function typically traditionally performed local governments equally unpersuasive suggestion laws discriminate interstate commerce treat private business interests exactly ones ante critical issue whether challenged legislation discriminates interstate commerce regardless whether harmed reside entirely outside state question law subject strict scrutiny indeed long recognized burden imposed state upon interstate commerce sustained simply statute imposing applies alike people including people state enacting statute brimmer rebman quoting minnesota barber accord fort gratiot sanitary landfill dean milk therefore makes difference laws issue apply businesses see carbone supra ordinance less discriminatory processors also covered prohibition dormant commerce clause long understood prohibit kind discriminatory legislation upheld case therefore reverse decision appeals footnotes tipping fees disposal charges levied collectors drop waste processing facility called tipping fees garbage trucks literally tip back end dump carried waste haulers counties pay tipping fees least per ton price ballooned much per ton particular load contained recyclables oneida flow control ordinance provides part time placement solid waste recyclables roadside designated area approved county authority pursuant contract county person collection accordance herewith solid waste recyclables shall delivered appropriate facility entity person responsible disposition designated county authority pursuant contract authority app pet cert relevant portion herkimer flow control ordinance substantially similar placement garbage recyclable materials roadside designated area approved legislature person collection accordance herewith garbage recyclable material shall delivered appropriate facility designated legislature authority pursuant contract county side makes much carbone majority various descriptions facility haulers point twice referred construction financing transfer station town project see new facility project brief petitioners counties note majority referred transfer station facility carbone favored local operator preferred processing facility single local proprietor local business never public facility brief respondents dissent mined carbone decision appendix briefs instances allegedly supportive terminology post opinion alito continue find duel labels best inconclusive see timber development wunnicke invalidating alaska regulation requiring alaskan timber processed prior export pike bruce church invalidating application arizona statute require cantaloupes packaged within state export toomer witsell invalidating south carolina statute requiring shrimp fisherman unload pack stamp catch shipping another state packing haydel invalidating louisiana statute prohibiting export shrimp unless heads hulls first removed within state johnson haydel invalidating analogous louisiana statute oysters minnesota barber invalidating minnesota law requiring meat sold within state examined inspector dean milk madison invalidating local ordinance requiring milk sold city pasteurized within five miles city center discussed elsewhere carbone dissent post readily distinguishable ground dissent asserts long ago recognized commerce clause violated law discriminates favor monopoly post authority cites scott donald vance vandercook certainly qualifies long ago support proposition scott struck two laws discriminated favor businesses businesses neither law favored local government expense private industry see granholm heald describing scott holding scott simply another case like cited vance actually upheld south carolina monopoly liquor distribution reject ing argument monopoly system unconstitutionally discriminatory granholm supra thomas dissenting citing vance supra dissent vance argued state monopoly system constituted unconstitutional discrimination granholm supra thomas dissenting citing opinion shiras vance simply struck regulation direct shipments consumers personal use excruciatingly arcane precedents see tellingly vance harkens back bygone era dissent today cited two cases past years justice thomas thus wrong stating approach might suggest preference government monopoly privatization post opinion concurring judgment instead preference affected locality opinion simply recognizes law favoring public entity treating private entities discriminate interstate commerce law favoring local business others counties amicus asked oral argument affirmance lead hamburger stand accompanied flow control law requiring citizens purchase burgers producer tr oral arg counties amicus state new york doubt existence major interests adversely affected law powerful safeguard legislative abuse minnesota clover leaf creamery recognizing local government may facilitate customary traditional government function waste disposal without running afoul commerce clause hardly prescription state control economy event congress retains authority commerce clause written regulate interstate commerce whether engaged private public entities use power past limit state use exclusive franchises see gibbons ogden wheat footnotes justification negative commerce clause unsupported constitution see tyler pipe industries washington state dept revenue scalia concurring part dissenting part previous case addresses question whether negative commerce clause applies favoritism government entity agree carbone clarkstown resolve issue ante dissent argues preference unwarranted post opinion alito accept proposition laws discriminating favor enterprises unlikely product economic protectionism exempt usual dormant commerce clause standards footnotes see granholm heald thomas dissenting liquor regulation schemes discriminated economic interests state monopolies permit direct shipments consumers example thought discriminate wholesalers retailers citing vance see owen sun zheng antitrust china problem incentive compatibility competition econ qin wto regulation subsidies enterprises soes critical appraisal china accession protocol econ therefore seems strange commerce clause historically understood protect free trade prohibit plac ing position economic isolation baldwin seelig construed condone blatantly protectionist laws grounds legislation necessary support governmental efforts commandeer local market particular good service adopting construction sends bold enticing message local governments throughout protectionist legislation permissible long enacting government excludes participants affected local market law granting monopoly rights single local business clearly immune dormant commerce clause challenge simply excluded competitors local market see carbone clarkstown therefore strange attach significance fact laws issue apply competitors alike