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Environmental

Oct. 28, 2010

Judge Sides with Trucking Industry

A Los Angeles federal judge has sided with the trucking industry in a battle over the Port of Los Angeles' clean truck program, issuing a tentative decision that trucking companies will not have to hire drivers as employees.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles federal judge has sided with the trucking industry in a battle over the Port of Los Angeles' clean truck program, issuing a tentative decision that trucking companies will not have to hire drivers as employees while the 9th Circuit considers an appeal in the case.

District Court Judge Christina Snyder, who upheld the legality of the truck program earlier this year, is...

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