Supreme Court Declines to Hear OOIDA Cross-Border Trucking Case
For the second time in five months, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association challenging the legality of a federal cross-border pilot program allowing some Mexican trucks to operate in the United States.
In a June 23 posting, the high court declined without comment to hear OOIDA’s petition for review that alleged the Mexican trucks program was unconstitutional because it exempted Mexican drivers from the same medical certification requirements as U.S. truckers.
In January, the Supreme Court also said it would not hear OOIDA’s petition arguing that Mexican truck drivers do not have the same licensing and drug-testing requirements as U.S. drivers.
“We’re reviewing our options,” OOIDA spokeswoman Norita Taylor said.
