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AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS v. LOS ANGELES

No. 11-798.

133 S.Ct. 2096 (2013)

186 L.Ed.2d 177

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., Petitioner v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel N. Lerman, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

John F. Bash, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Steven S. Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Prasad Sharma, Richard Pianka, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Arlington, VA, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Alan Untereiner, Daniel N. Lerman, Counsel of Record, Leif Overvold, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Melissa Lin Perrella, Counsel of Record, David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, for Respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Sierra Club, and Coalition for Clean Air, Inc.

Carmen A. Trutanich, Janna B. Sidley, Joy M. Crose, Simon M. Kann, LA City Attorney's Office, San Pedro, CA, Steven S. Rosenthal, Counsel of Record, Alan K. Palmer, Susanna Y. Chu, Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents the City of Los Angeles, the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles, and the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles.

Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we consider whether federal law preempts certain provisions of an agreement that trucking companies must sign before they can transport cargo at the Port of Los Angeles. We hold that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) expressly preempts two of the contract's provisions, which require such a company to develop an off-street parking plan and display designated placards...

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