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OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS v. U.S. DOT

No. 15-3756.

840 F.3d 879 (2016)

OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Mark Elrod, and Richard Pingel, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Cullen, Sr. , Paul D. Cullen, Jr. , Attorneys, Cullen Law Firm, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Kathryn B. Thomson , Attorney, T.F. Scott Darling, III , Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel, Joshua P. Waldman , Matthew M. Collette , Loretta E. Lynch , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Richard Pianka , Attorney, American Trucking Associations, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae American Trucking Associations, Incorporated.

R. Jay Taylor, Jr. , Attorney, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, for Amici Curiae Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Trucking Alliance for Driver Safety and Security.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Since 1935, federal law has regulated the hours of service of truck drivers operating in interstate commerce. The regulations are intended to reduce fatigue-related accidents, and they require drivers to keep paper records showing their driving time and other on-duty time. Compliance has long been an issue, though, because...

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