Legal Opinion
Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor and Willie W. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1994No. 93-3488PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Yellow Freight petitions for review of a decision of the Secretary of Labor finding that Yellow Freight violated section 405 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA), 49 U.S.C.App. § 2305 (1988), by discharging over-the-road driver Willie Smith for making unscheduled rest stops when fatigued. Section 405(a) makes it unlawful to discharge, discipline, or discriminate against an employee because he or she files a complaint “relating to a violation of a commercial motor vehicle safety rule [or] regulation ...” Section 405(b) prevents an employer…
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