Trucking Jobs Louisiana Await LA Port Case The long and tumultuous matter of the Port of Los Angeles

Clean Truck Program came to a head in the Supreme Court in April, with justices conducting a spirited discussion with opposing attorne s, and trucking jobs Louisiana are awaiting the !erdict" At issue are two pro!isions of the ports #$$% Clean Trucks Program, under which dra age carriers must join a concession agreement in order to pro!ide ser!ice" The American Trucking Associations has pursued through the lowed courts the argument that the port does not ha!e authorit to re&uire the pro!isions" ATA contends that the 'ederal A!iation Administration Authori(ation Act e)empts carriers from the off*street parking and placard pro!isions of the agreement" Those pro!isions re&uire carriers to submit an off*street parking plan, and to mount placards with a phone number so the public can report concerns about safet of the en!ironment, matters that are !er important to trucking jobs Louisiana"

ATA also sa s that under a +,-. Supreme Court decision, Castle !" /a es 'reight Lines, the port ma not suspend or re!oke a carriers access" The issues come down to the di!ision of power between states and the federal go!ernment, a &uestion the justices pursued in a number of wa s" 0 restricting entr and imposing criminal penalties for !iolations of the agreement, the port is limiting access to a ke channel of interstate commerce, argued ATAs attorne , 1aniel Lerman of the 2ashington, 1"C", law firm of 3obbins 3ussell" 4The port is in!oking the full coerci!e power of the state to impose conditions on motor carriers, and that is e)actl what Congress sought to pre!ent,5 he said"

The port contends that it can impose these restrictions because it is a participant in the market, rather than just a state regulator, and as such is e)empt from the 'ederal A!iation Act" Justice Sonia Sotoma or asked Lerman if the court needs to address the market participant &uestion, gi!en that it can decide that the agreement either has the force of law or is a pri!ate contract" 6n a statement released after the argument, ATA said it is concerned about the precedent that will be set if the LA ports approach is upheld" 46f these rules are allowed to stand, it would clear the wa for a patchwork of regulations that would lead to unreasonable burdens on the mo!ement of goods,5 said ATA 1eput Chief Counsel 3ichard Pianka in a statement" The court is e)pected to hand down its decision in Jul and trucking jobs Louisiana are awaiting the !erdict as intentl as an other communit "