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Appeals Court Issue * USA - Says motor carriers must come clean
U.S. Appeals Court ruling in Landstar case favors truckers
USA - Land Line Magazine -Sept. 3, 2008: -- A ruling issued today is being hailed by truckers and their leaders as a major win in the battle for transparency in trucking transactions... In its ruling that the trial court erred in a case against a mega-carrier, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit made the strongest judicial statement to date regarding what motor carriers must reveal to their leased owner-operators... “This ruling in OOIDA’s case against Landstar certainly affirmed everything that we needed affirmed in the leasing rules and overturned many of what we considered to be erroneous decisions by the lower court,” said Jim Johnston, president and CEO of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association... “The important thing here is that the owner-operator be fully informed of what the costs and fees are that a carrier is going to charge. Then you can make your decision based on having all of the information"... As of midday Wednesday, Johnston and other OOIDA leaders were reviewing the ruling with the Association’s legal team...
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