State high court rules NYC ban on large sodas is illegal

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State high court rules NYC ban on large sodas is illegal

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/state-high-court-rules-nyc-ban-large-sodas-132710507--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TFOpaoMgzOg1LpGyW7JqZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-26T160302Z_2_LYNXMPEA5P0IL_RTROPTP_2_IMF.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former New York City Mayor Bloomberg and UN Secretary-General Ban listen to opening remarks at a &quot;Toward Universal Health Coverage for 2030&quot; seminar during the IMF/World Bank 2014 Spring Meetings in Washington" align="left" title="Former New York City Mayor Bloomberg and UN Secretary-General Ban listen to opening remarks at a &quot;Toward Universal Health Coverage for 2030&quot; seminar during the IMF/World Bank 2014 Spring Meetings in Washington" border="0" /></a>Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to limit the sale of large sugary drinks was rejected on Thursday by the state's highest court, which ruled the local health board overstepped its authority in approving the regulation. The 4-2 ruling from the state Court of Appeals upheld two lower court decisions from last year, siding with the soft drink, restaurant and movie theater industries, which had challenged the law. &quot;By choosing among competing policy goals, without any legislative delegation or guidance, the Board engaged in law-making and thus infringed upon the legislative jurisdiction of the City Council,&quot; wrote Judge Eugene Pigott for the majority.</p><br clear="all"/>

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