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

*254 This case concerns the preemptive scope of a provision of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA or Act) applicable to motor carriers. Codified at 49 U.S.C. § 14501 (c)(1), the provision reads:

"[A] State ... may not enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision having *1775 the force and effect of law related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier ... with respect to the transportation of property."

Plaintiff-respondent Robert Pelkey brought suit under New Hampshire law against defendant-petitioner Dan's City Used Cars (Dan's City), a towing…