ATA Plans Supreme Court Appeal of LA Port Truck Rules
According to sources from the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the organization plans to appeal a September 26, 2011 decision by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While the Court overturned the Port of Los Angeles' ban on owner-operators as part of its concession agreement in favor of ATA, the Court decided to uphold certain other Port requirements relating to (i) truck parking, (ii) financial capability, (iii) maintenance, and (iv) placards.
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ATA sources state that ATA does not agree these other elements of the Port's program should have been upheld and ATA intends to file its appeal with the Supreme Court in the next few weeks.
(See ITT's Online Archives 11101202 for summary of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling rejecting the Port's employee-driver rule.
See ITT's Online Archives 11092701 for summary of the Port ending its enforcement of the employee-driver provision.
ATA press release on the Appeals Court decision is available here.
Appeals Court ruling is available here.