Forum
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
05-2136
Oral Argument Date
February 10, 2006
Case Updates
First Circuit decides federal preemption of local regulation of motor carriers
May 19, 2006
Expressing gratitude for the Chamber’s submission, the First Circuit determined that Maine’s effort to regulate motor carrier traffic where it involved the unknowing transport of tobacco products is preempted by the Motor Carrier Act and the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief
December 27, 2005
NCLC urged the First Circuit to affirm the district court judgment that Maine’s effort to regulate motor carrier traffic where it involved the transport of tobacco products is preempted by the Motor Carrier Act and the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act. In its brief, NCLC stressed that motor carriers should not be required to deal with a patchwork of state regulations and that Congress addressed this concern by enacting uniform national regulation.