Sherwin-Williams Co. v. City of Los Angeles

In Sherwin-Williams Co. v. City of Los Angeles, (1993) 4 Cal.4th 893, the Supreme Court discussed the test of whether the Los Angeles ordinance regulating the display of aerosol paint cans was "contradictory" to the state statute regulating the sale of aerosol paint cans to minors. Said the court: "We must next determine whether the ordinance contradicts the statute. It does not. The former is not inimical to the latter. As the description in the preceding paragraph makes clear, the ordinance does not prohibit what the statute commands or command what it prohibits." (Sherwin-Williams Co., 4 Cal.4th at p. 902.)