Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the FAAAA preempted a negligence claim against a broker, notwithstanding the safety exception
• holding that “the breadth of the words ‘related to’ does not mean the sky is the limit” in rejecting a defendant’s preemption argument under a statute that “[b]orrow[s] from the ADA’s preemption clause”
• stating that FAAAA provision preempting state laws “with respect to [a motor carrier’s] transportation of property” preempts those laws that “concern a motor carrier’s ‘transportation of property’” (quoting 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1))
• observing that phrase “with respect to” limits preemptive scope to laws that directly “concern” or “involve” the matter described
• observing that phrase “with respect to” limits preemptive scope to laws that directly “concern” or “involve” the matter described
• observing that phrase “with respect to” limits preemptive scope to laws that directly “concern” or “involve” the matter described

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