Top court hears trucking group's challenge to Los Angeles
- April 19, 2013 |
- LORI SHARN BRYANT
U.S. Chamber and NFIB file amicus briefs opposing city's rules for port, which local chamber supports; aviation groups weigh in U.S. Supreme Court justices will decide soon on a lawsuit brought to it by the American Trucking Associations, a case that is lining up business and trade groups on both sides of a dispute. At issue: whether the city of Los Angeles overreached—in violation of federal law deregulating the trucking industry—by requiring motor carriers to follow certain rules in order to access the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's largest container port. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 16; a decision is expected before July. Friend-of-the-court briefs… Read More