People ex rel. Deukmejian v. Mendocino, County of

ELR Citation: ELR 20767
No(s). S.F. 24588 (Cal. Jul 26, 1984)

The court holds that a Mendocino County initiative ordinance prohibiting aerial application of phenoxy herbicides is not preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) nor the California Food and Agriculture Code. The court begins its analysis of the state preemption qu...