NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey company that sells shower heads claims California is attempting to impose its regulations on it despite not doing business in that state.
Interlink Products International filed its lawsuit against members of the California Natural Resources Agency on June 23 in New Jersey federal court.
The agency has adopted regulations that require showerheads sold in the state to have a maximum water flow in order to conserve water.
But the agency is now targeting sales that occur over the internet, the suit says.
“Defendants ignore the well-settled rule… that telephone, mail order and internet sales that are delivered to customers by common carrier take place at the location where the goods are transferred to the common carrier,” the lawsuit says.
“In Interlink’s case, its products that are pertinent to this lawsuit ship from New Jersey or locations other than California, and Interlink does not offer to make sales of those showerheads in California.”