The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles have filed their last arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling concerning the Port’s owner-operator ban, with ATA arguing that the Port has relied on the “charade that governmental regulation reflects the act of a business entity” and the Port steadfastly maintaining its right to regulate trucking within its facility.
Although federal statute preempts local governments from making and enforcing rules relating to prices, routes or services of a federally licensed motor carrier, the port’s attorneys have argued that federal law allows regulations that directly influence safety and security at the port and ATA’s attorneys have said banning owner-operators at the port doesn’t enhance safety or security.