* New York - Appeals Court revives Modena trucking company's challenge
-- A federal appeals court revived this month a previously dismissed class-action lawsuit in which an Ulster County trucking company and a hauler with operations in Orange County joined with two other plaintiffs to challenge the constitutionality of the Thruway Authority’s toll system for commercial trucks... The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a District Court decision dismissing a suit filed by American Trucking Associations Inc., Phelps-based Wadhams Enterprises Inc., Modena-based Lightning Express Delivery Service and Ward Transport and Logistics Corp., of Rock Tavern... In its Aug. 4 decision, the 2nd Circuit ruled that the U.S.A. District Court for the Southern District of New York abused its discretion when it dismissed the case because the plaintiffs did not name the state of New York as a party... The District Court must again hear a case whose plaintiffs argue that the Authority overcharges trucks for tolls in order to fund New York’s canal system, once a major transportation system for commercial shippers but now largely recreational...
(Photo by Friscocali, CC - NY Thruway Toll Plaza) -- NY, USA - The Times Herald-Record, by Leonard Sparks - Aug 14, 2015Labels: tolls roads debate
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