Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

Argued March 20, 2013
Decided May 13, 2013
Full case name Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. DBA Dan's City Auto Body v. Pelkey
Docket nos. 12-52
Citations

569 U.S. ___ (more)

Argument Oral argument
Holding
Pelkey's claims against the tow company's impoundment and auction of his car do not relate to the transportation of property, and are not preempted by federal law. New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John G. Roberts
Case opinions
Majority Ginsburg, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1)

Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey, 569 U.S. ___ (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that federal laws deregulating the transportation industry do not invalidate corresponding state provisions that regulate the seizure, storage, and sale of cars by towing companies.[1] Robert Pelkey sued Dan's City Used Cars under New Hampshire law for unlawfully selling his vehicle. A lower court raised doubts as to whether the New Hampshire statute was valid at all, as Dan's City argued it was pre-empted by federal deregulation law, specifically, the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, and the case eventually arrived before the Supreme Court.[2] Agreeing with Pelkey, the justices named several conditions necessary for federal law to override state transportation regulations and narrowed the range of state transport laws subject to pre-emption.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey, 569 U.S. ____ (2013).
  2. ↑ "Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey". The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Gupta, Deepak (16 May 2013). "Opinion analysis: Unanimous Justices recognize "massive" limit on transportation preemption". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved 1 September 2014.


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