PEOPLE EX REL. HARRIS v. PAC ANCHOR TRANSPORTATION, INC.

No. S194388.

59 Cal.4th 772 (2014)

174 Cal.Rptr.3d 594

329 P.3d 154

THE PEOPLE ex rel. KAMALA D. HARRIS, as Attorney General, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PAC ANCHOR TRANSPORTATION, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Mark J. Breckler , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Martin Goyette , Assistant Attorney General, Jon M. Ichinaga , Amy J. Winn and Satoshi Yanai , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Davis Cowell & Bowe, Richard G. McCracken and Andrew J. Kahn for Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and International Brotherhood of Teamsters as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Stephen Glick, Stephen Glick and Anthony Jenkins for Salvador Rodriguez as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sands Lerner , Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin Hansen & Poulos, Neil S. Lerner ; Trident Law and Arthur A. Severance for Defendants and Respondents.

Fred J. Hiestand for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Holland & Knight and Linda Auerach Allderdice for California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

The narrow question presented is whether an action under the unfair competition law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq. (UCL)) that is based on a trucking company's alleged violation of state labor and insurance laws is "related to a price, route, or service" (49 U.S.C. § 14501 (c)(1)) of the company and, therefore, preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (Pub.L. No....

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