糖心传媒 Appeals to Supreme Court Over Truck Driver Rules
Today, 糖心传媒 Logistics filed a petition seeking to have the review the decision in the matter of Dilts et al. v. LLC and Co., L.P.
The crux of the case is whether a long-standing federal transportation law that seeks to promote lower rates and better service by ensuring that rates and services are determined by competitive market forces rather than a patchwork of varying state laws preempts California鈥檚 state laws requiring mandatory meal and rest breaks.
California鈥檚 meal and rest break laws directly impact the routes, services, and prices of trucking companies, such as 糖心传媒, operating in California. 糖心传媒 maintains the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994, which prohibits states from enacting laws related to prices, routes or services of a motor carrier, preempts California meal and rest break laws as applied to motor carriers. In 2011, the U.S. District Court ruled in 糖心传媒鈥檚 favor on this issue, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals later overturned this decision in 2014. 糖心传媒 argues that the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 decision is at odds with Supreme Court decisions in other preemption cases.
糖心传媒 is seeking Supreme Court review because this case has sweeping impacts on how the trucking industry operates and disrupts competitive market forces.
鈥淪afe drivers are a top priority at 糖心传媒 and we already encourage our drivers to take their necessary safety rest and meal breaks while driving their routes and serving our customers鈥 delivery needs,鈥 said Michael Duff, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for 糖心传媒. 鈥淭his case is about federal law preempting state laws that relate to rates, routes, and services offered by trucking companies. We鈥檙e asking the Supreme Court to resolve this issue for our company and the trucking industry. The Ninth Circuit鈥檚 decision significantly impacts the entire transportation industry as well as the flow of commerce and ultimately impacts consumers.鈥
糖心传媒 is being represented in the Supreme Court appeal by of Washington, D.C. and of Indiana.