This week, the American Trucking Associations and 22 State Trucking Associations, including California, filed an amicus brief in support of JB Hunt’s request to the Supreme Court to hear J.B. Hunt v. Ortega. A copy of the amicus brief can be found HERE

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to exempt truckers from California’s law on meal and rest breaks and certain provisions of the state’s wage and labor law.

In a Feb. 5 petition for a writ of certiorari filed with the high court in connection with a driver class action lawsuit, Hunt said that California’s meal and rest break law is pre-empted by federal law because it has a "connection with a motor carrier’s prices, routes and services — and undermines maximum reliance on competitive market forces."

Additional coverage from Transport Topics is here: J.B. Hunt Heads to High Court