Legal Opinion
Air Brake Systems, Inc. v. Norman Y. Mineta, in His Capacity as Secretary of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2004No. 02-1682PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a longstanding dispute between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Air Brake Systems, Inc. (Air Brake). Air Brake manufactures a “non-eleetronic” antilock brake system for trucks and trailers, which purports to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121, a NHTSA regulation concerning antilock brakes. When an Air Brake customer asked NHTSA whether a vehicle with Air Brake’s brake system — the only non-elec- tronie antilock brake system on the market — would comply with Standard 121, NHTSA’s Acting Chief…
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