MOTOR CARRIER DEREGULATION: A DECADE OF LEGAL AND ECONOMIC CONFLICT

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 brought deregulation to the trucking industry. This article examines four selected legal/economic issues which are offered as representative of the friction between established statutory and case law and the current public policy of deregulation and its economic consequences. The four areas reviewed are: (1) freight undercharges and the "filed tariff doctrine"; (2) pension funds, ERISA/MPPAA (Employee Retirement Investment Security Act/Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act) and deregulation; (3) federal preemption and the States' power to regulate motor carriers; and (4) selected antitrust issues.

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• Authors:
  • Sacasas, R
  • Glaskowsky Jr, N A
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 189-217
• Serial:
  • Transportation Law Journal
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of Denver College of Law
  • ISSN: 0049-450X
  • Serial URL: https://www.law.du.edu/transportation-law-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antitrust laws; Deregulation; Economic impacts; Federal conflict preemption (Law); Federal government; Investments; Legal factors; Pensions; State government; Tariffs; Trucking
• Identifier Terms: Motor Carrier Act of 1980
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496755
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM