Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Ass'n of America v. State

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a Superior Court judgment granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm the judgment below.

On December 20, 1985, Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association of America (O-OIDAA), a Missouri corporation, and James E. Seibert, doing business as Siebert Farms (Siebert), an unincorporated motor carrier with a principal place of business in Story City, Iowa, filed a class-action complaint in Providence County Superior Court against defendants State of Rhode Island; the Rhode Island…