US Court Ruling May Take 70,000 Truckers Off Road, Spur Jams (1)

A US Supreme Court decision that could force California’s 70,000 truck owner-operators to stop driving is set to create another choke point in already-stressed West Coast logistics networks, a truckers’ organization said.

“Gasoline has been poured on the fire that is our ongoing supply-chain crisis,” the California Trucking Association said in a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to deny a judicial review of a decision of a lower court, a process known as certiorari.

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“In addition to the direct impact on California’s 70,000 owner-operators who have seven days to ...