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CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION v. BONTA

No. 20-55106, No. 20-55107.

996 F.3d 644 (2021)

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION; Ravinder Singh; Thomas Odom, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rob BONTA, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of the State of California; Andre Schoorl, in his official capacity as the Acting Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California; Julie A. Su, in her official capacity as Secretary of the California Labor Workforce and Development Agency; Patrick W. Henning, in his official capacity as the Director of the Employment Development Department; Lilia Garcia-Brower, in her official capacity as Labor Commissioner of the State of California, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Defendants-Appellants, and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Intervenor-Defendant. California Trucking Association; Ravinder Singh; Thomas Odom, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of the State of California; Andre Schoorl, in his official capacity as the Acting Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California; Julie A. Su, in her official capacity as Secretary of the California Labor Workforce and Development Agency; Patrick W. Henning, in his official capacity as the Director of the Employment Development Department; Lilia Garcia-Brower, in her official capacity as Labor Commissioner of the State of California, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Defendants, and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Tamar Pachter and Benjamin M. Glickman , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Thomas S. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Andrew Kushner (argued) and Stacey M. Leyton , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant.

Andrew E. Tauber (argued), Miriam R. Nemetz , and Evan M. Tager , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert R. Roginson and Alexander M. Chemers , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David A. Rosenfeld , Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld, Alameda, California, for Amicus Curiae California Labor Federation AFL-CIO.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney; Kathleen A. Kenealy , Chief Assistant City Attorney; Michael J. Bostrom , Assistant City Attorney; Danielle L. Goldstein and Christopher S. Munsey , Deputy City Attorneys; Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney; Maria Bee , Erin Bernstein , Malia McPherson , Caroline Wilson , and Nicholas DeFiesta , Attorneys; Office of the City Attorney, Oakland, California; for Amici Curiae Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney and the City of Oakland.

Shannon Liss-Riordan and Harold Lichten , Lichten & Liss-Riordan P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, for Amicus Curiae California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA).

Joshua S. Lipshutz , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California; Christopher D. Dusseault , Michelle L. Maryott , and Dhananjay S. Manthripragada , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae Cal Cartage Transportation Express LLC, CMI Transportation LLC, and K&R Transportation California LLC.

Patrick J. Whalen , Ellison Whalen & Blackburn, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae American Dream Coalition and Western States Trucking Association.

Karen A. Booth and Jason D. Tutrone , Thompson Hine LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae American Chemistry Council, Consumer Brands Association, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc., National Industrial Transportation League, National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, and Fertilizer Institute.

Theane Evangelis , Blaine H. Evanson , and Max E. Schulman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Steven P. Lehotsky and Emily J. Kennedy , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Deborah White and Kathleen McGuigan , Retail Litigation Center Inc., Washington, D.C.; Stephanie Martz , National Retail Federation, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Retail Litigation Center Inc., and National Retail Federation.

Richard Pianka , ATA Litigation Center, Arlington, Virginia, for Amici Curiae American Trucking Associations Inc., Arizona Trucking Association, Nevada Trucking Association, Oregon Trucking Association, Washington Trucking Associations, Intermodal Association of North America, National Tank Truck Carriers, and Truckload Carriers Association.

Paul D. Cullen Sr. , Paul D. Cullen Jr. , Gregory R. Reed , and Daniel E. Cohen , The Cullen Law Firm PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Inc.

Dissent by Judge Bennett.

OPINION

The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (F4A or FAAAA) preempts any state law "related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier ... with respect to the transportation of property." 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1). California's Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) codified a judge-made test ...

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