Legal Opinion
Yellow Freight Systems, Incorporated v. Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor James R. Hornbuckle, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1993No. 93-1205PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The question presented is whether the Secretary of Labor properly found that Yellow Freight System, Inc. (“YFS”) had disciplined a driver in violation of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA” or the “Act”). 49 U.S.C. app. §§ 2301-2305. We affirm the Secretary’s ruling that Yellow Freight impermissibly disciplined this driver for declining to operate a commercial motor vehicle while in a severely fatigued state.
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James R. Hornbuekle, Jr. has been a long haul driver for Yellow Freight since March 1984. He drove out of the company’s terminal in…
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