D.C. Circuit Denies Labor Petition to Rehear Mexican Trucking Challenge
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied (here) on July 26 an International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association petition to revisit a challenge to the Department of Transportation’s pilot program that allows Mexican trucking companies to operate in the U.S. After the case was argued in December, the court decided to uphold the program on April 19 (see 13042201). The July 26 ruling also included an amendment to the opinion.
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“The Mexico-domiciled trucks at issue in this case are driven into the United States to transport goods. The trucks themselves are not being resold. For that reason as well, the safety decal requirement simply does not apply to these trucks,” the amendment reads.