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WILLIAMSON v. MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 08-1314.

131 S.Ct. 1131 (2011)

562 U.S. 323

Delbert WILLIAMSON, et al., Petitioners, v. MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin N. Buchanan , San Diego, CA, for petitioners.

William M. Jay , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Gregory G. Garre , Washington, DC, for respondents.

Justice Kagan recused.

Martin N. Buchanan , Counsel of Record, Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan, San Diego, CA, David J. Bennion , Law Offices of David J. Bennion, San Jose, CA, David R. Lira , Girardi Keese , Los Angeles, CA, Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Shawn W. Murphy , Charles S. Kim , Irvine, CA, Erika Z. Jones , Dan Himmelfarb , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Gregory G. Garre , Counsel of Record, Maureen E. Mahoney , J. Scott Ballenger , Jessica E. Phillips , Michael E. Bern , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Mark V. Berry , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Gardena, CA, Malcolm E. Wheeler , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP, Denver, CO, for respondents.

Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 (1989 version) requires, among other things, that auto manufacturers install seatbelts on the rear seats of passenger vehicles. They must install lap-and-shoulder belts on seats next to a vehicle's doors or frames. But they have a choice about what to install on rear inner seats (say, middle seats or those next to a minivan's aisle...

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