OOIDA’s latest move against AB5 focuses on leased owner-operators in California

Jan 06, 2025 at 01:19 PM CST
The latest brief by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its last-ditch battle against California’s AB5 independent contractor law is a mix of apocalyptic projections about the fate of leased owner-operators and complex arguments about state versus federal regulation and the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution. The OOIDA argument is narrower than the now-abandoned effort by the California Trucking Association that looked to invalidate all of AB5 under the issue of federal preemption of state laws. For example, in its concluding argument, OOIDA says the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should invalidate AB5 and “enjoin the enforcement of AB5 against independent truck drivers who operate in interstate commerce.” The group argued that “such a holding would protect interstate commerce while preserving [California’s] interest in applying its employment protections to local California truck drivers.”

Jan 06, 2025 at 01:19 PM CST

The latest brief by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its last-ditch battle against California’s AB5 independent contractor law is a mix of apocalyptic projections about the fate of leased owner-operators and complex arguments about state versus federal regulation and the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution.

The OOIDA argument is narrower than the now-abandoned effort by the California Trucking Association that looked to invalidate all of AB5 under the issue of federal preemption of state laws. For example, in its concluding argument, OOIDA says the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should invalidate AB5 and “enjoin the enforcement of AB5 against independent truck drivers who operate in interstate commerce.” The group argued that “such a holding would protect interstate commerce while preserving [California’s] interest in applying its employment protections to local California truck drivers.”