Legal Opinion
Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 2, 2005No. Nos. 04-1233, 04-1236 and 04-1418PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1991, Congress instructed the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to determine whether drivers of commercial motor vehicles (“CMVs”) — large trucks, passenger coaches, and school buses— were receiving adequate training. Inter-modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, Pub.L. No. 102-240, 105 Stat.1914, 2151 (1991) (“ISTEA” or the “Act”). In July 1995, after extensive study, the Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) published a three-volume study entitled, “Assessing the Adequacy…
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