| 25-145 |
Total Quality Logistics, LLC v. Robert Cox, as Personal Representative and Special Administrator of the Estate of Greta Cox |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
federal-transportation-law freight-broker motor-carrier negligence-claim preemption safety-exception |
Whether a common-law negligence claim alleged against a freight broker, based on the broker's selection of a motor carrier to provide transportation o… |
| 24-1238 |
Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-06-04 |
Granted |
Amici (19)Relisted (2) |
common-law motor-carrier negligent-selection preemption safety-exception transportation-law |
Does § 14501(c) preempt a state common-law claim against a broker for negligently selecting a motor carrier or driver? |
| 23-475 |
Ying Ye, as Representative of the Estate of Shawn Lin, Deceased v. GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act freight-broker motor-carrier motor-vehicle negligent-hiring personal-injury preemption safety-exception |
Whether a personal injury claim against a freight broker based on the broker's negligent hiring of an unsafe motor carrier to transport property by mo… |
| 22-7657 |
Annecia M. Fort v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
49-usc-31105 coercion-prohibition drive-time-limits electronic-logging-devices internal-reporting motor-carrier motor-carrier-regulations public-safety public-safety-reporting staa whistleblower-protection |
Question 1: Is disclosing public safety concerns to your management (internal reporting) a protected activity?
[Under Surface Transportation Assistanc… |
| 21-194 |
California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) |
federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law |
The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act ("FA") expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service, of any motor carrie… |
| 20-1453 |
Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. |
California |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification |
Does the Federal Aviation Administration
Authorization Act, which expressly preempts state
laws "related to a price, route, or service of any motor
ca… |
| 20-1425 |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. v. Allen Miller |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
civil-rights common-law-negligence due-process federal-preemption motor-carrier safety-regulation statutory-interpretation transportation transportation-law |
The question presented is whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker is preempted because it does not constitute an exercise of th… |
| 18-887 |
California Trucking Association v. Julie A. Su |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
|
california-labor-commissioner employment-classification federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act labor-commissioner motor-carrier motor-carrier-preemption motor-carriers owner-operator owner-operator-contracts owner-operators preemption transportation-deregulation transportation-industry workforce-exclusion |
Did the Ninth Circuit err by holding the FA does not preempt California's interference with contractual agreements between motor carriers and owner-op… |
| 18-866 |
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
4-r-act discrimination fuel-tax infrastructure-funding interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-taxation railroad railroad-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination transportation-law |
Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), states may not impose taxes that discriminate against railroads by favoring their competitors, such as motor carriers. … |
| 18-612 |
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-09 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence |
Whether, as the Eleventh Circuit held, Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on the fuel used by interstate motor carriers sufficiently justifies … |
| 24A441 |
Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC |
Georgia |
|
Denied |
|
federal-preemption financial-responsibility insurance-coverage interstate-commerce motor-carrier tort-claims |
1. Whether $147,000 final offer to settle violates the Federal Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers Scheduling Limit in contr… |