Latest Lawsuit against Mexican trucks by OOIDA/Teamsters, a web of distortions and baseless non-sense
The Petition for Review (15-70754) filed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters with the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) jumping in as intervenors, is a study in ridiculous distortions of previous Court rulings which have all ruled in favor of FMCSA, and baseless rhetoric. The latest filing by both parties before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in nothing more than rehashing issues that have…
Teamster’s frivolous lawsuit against Mexican trucks and OOIDA’s Intervention
If anyone is wondering why nothing has been written about the Mexican truck issue, it’s for a very good reason. As the data from FMCSA has proven, it’s always been a non-issue. Since FMCSA began issuing permanent operating authority to Mexican carriers the first of the year, only three, other than the Pilot Program participants have applied for, and received, operating authority in the United…
OOIDA ordered to pay $3.25 million plus attorney’s fees
This jury verdict (below) involved a female employee shot in the head in OOIDA’s parking lot. (See links below) The “surveillance” video observing the parking lot was installed after a female employee was raped in their parking lot. I suspect this verdict was won in part because the video feeds from cameras were displayed on TV’s located in a room that nobody monitored – ever.…
Text of OOIDA Motion to Intervene in Teamsters Lawsuit against Mexican Trucks
Einstein had it right! Insanity, pure insanity from the penthouse executive suites in Grain Valley Missouri, headquarters to the Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association. As promised previously, we have the filing OOIDA made yesterday to intervene in the latest frivolous and baseless lawsuit filed by the Teamsters in failed attempt to keep legal, safe and compliant Mexican trucks out of the United States. OOIDA “claims”…
OOIDA files as intervenor in bogus and frivolous lawsuit over open border to Mexican trucks
What do you call the actions of someone who continues to do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result each time? Albert Einstein called it “Insanity”, and in this case, I call those doing it, clueless idiots. That’s right folks, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) filed papers in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco this morning…
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturns decision which denied justice for Border Patrol murder victim
NEW YORK–In a momentous decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Constitution applies outside of the territorial limits of the United States, in this case Mexico, squarely rejecting the government’s argument that constitutional rights end at the border. The court accordingly reinstated a lawsuit brought by the family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy who was fatally shot by a border patrol…
Supreme Court Denies OOIDA petition to stop Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) latest attempt to shut down the successful Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico. OOIDA contended that a federal appeals court erred when it said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could exempt Mexican and Canadian drivers from U.S. medical certification requirements. Last year the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…
Third times the charm as Andrew Tahmooressi’s mother hooks son up with “Mob” lawyer
For the third time in as many weeks, Andrew Tahmooressi has a new lawyer, with his mommies approval of course. News this afternoon that Jill Tahmooressi has hired the Mexican attorney who was able to get charges dropped against former Tijuana mayor Hank Rhon when police arrested Rhon on weapons charges for having more than 50 weapons of the type Tahmooressi was arrested with, in his…
Supreme Court rejects OOIDA’s bogus attempt to derail Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico
The United States Supreme Court has refused, without comment, to hear the petition filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) in their continuing effort to shut down cross border trucking with Mexico. OOIDA had petitioned the court for review of the decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals that rejected all of the arguments put before it by the association and the Teamsters. In…
Revisiting the Mexican Cross Border Controversy Part 1 by Timothy D. Brady
On January 10, 2014, a conference was held at the US Supreme Court to decide whether the full court would hear OOIDA’s latest ludicrous attempt to shut down the legitimate and successful Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico. OOIDA, attempting to coerce the Court to accept as truth, allegations consisting of conclusions of law, inferences or deductions that are not necessarily implied by well-pleaded facts,…
Supreme Court sets date for conference on OOIDA lawsuit against Mexican Trucks
The U.S. Supreme Court has set January 10, 2014 for a conference to consider if it will hear a case against the U.S. cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico filed by OOIDA against the FMCSA. OOIDA is appealing a decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals which denied OOIDA and The Teamsters lawsuit on various bogus issues pertaining to the Cross Border Pilot Program…
OOIDA Petitions United State Supreme Court to rule on Mexican Truck Program
Not content to accept the rulings of the D.C. Court of Appeals which recently rejected arguments by the Teamsters, OOIDA and their allies to put the brakes on the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association now turns to the United States Supreme Court in their latest attempt. If history is any indication, this effort will end in failure also.…
Three Ex-Executives of USA Dry Van Trucking Company Charged in Alleged $26 Million Fraud Scheme - 2 Agree to Plea Deal
Sergio Lagos, 44, Aurelio “Jim” Aleman, 59, and Oscar Barbosa, 50, have been arrested following the return of a six-count federal indictment charging wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The sealed indictment, returned August 27, 2013, was unsealed following the arrest of the McAllen residents today. They are expected to make their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate…