Mears Transportation Group v. Florida

I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the decision of the district court.

The sole issue in this case is whether Session Law 92-29, a Florida law specifying the manner by which owner/operators of for-hire passenger transportation vehicles may prove financial responsibility is preempted by the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 3901-3906.

*1020All but one of the plaintiffs are individual for-hire passenger transportation companies that are members of Paratransit Risk Retention Group of Maryland, Inc. (“Paratransit”), which is itself a plaintiff. The district court granted partial…