Private Fleet Drivers’ Court Access Grabs Justices’ Attention

The US Supreme Court’s upcoming consideration of arbitration requirements for disputes involving truck drivers who operate private fleets is poised to resolve a circuit split covering an area of the economy that expanded during the pandemic.

The justices announced last week that they’ll weigh whether a transportation worker must be employed by a company in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, which is used to enforce agreements to handle disputes in private arbitration rather than in court.

A majority of the nearly 2 million tractor trailer drivers in 2022 worked for companies outside of the ...