Mid-Atlantic Building Systems Council, A Division of the Pennsylvania Builders Ass'n v. Frankel

Mid-Atlantic Building Systems Council, Inc. (“Mid-Atlantic”) appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Peter C. Dorsey, Judge), dismissing its petition to enjoin the Connecticut Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) from enforcing oversized trailer restrictions because they violate the commerce clause. We reverse.

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Mid-Atlantic is an association of Pennsylvania modular home builders. The builders transport these homes from their Pennsylvania factories to buyers by means of trailers— nonmotorized platforms with rubber tires— pulled by trucks.…