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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 Is disclosing public safety concerns to your management (internal reporting) a protected activity?
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 Whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts a state law that effectively precludes motor carriers from using independent ow…
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 preempt state laws that have an effect on a motor carrier's prices and services by discoura…
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 Whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker is preempted under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act
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 Whether Tennessee's tax on railroad fuel discriminates against railroads under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4)
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 Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad die…
24A441 Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC Georgia Presumed Complete federal-preemption financial-responsibility insurance-coverage interstate-commerce motor-carrier tort-claims Whether federal regulations governing motor carrier financial responsibility limits preempt state law tort claims and determine the scope of insurance…