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YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. v. MICHIGAN, ET AL. (25449)

    Order dated: 10/09/01
    Docket number: 01-270
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. v. MICHIGAN, ET AL. (25449)

    Order dated: 01/22/02
    Docket number: 01-270
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: “Whether the Michigan Supreme Court erred in holding that, under 49 U.S.C. 11506(c)(2)(B)(iv)(III) (1994) and 49 U.S.C. 14504(c)(2)(B) (iv)(III) (Supp. V 1999), only a State’s ‘generic’ fee is relevant to determining the fee that was ‘collected or charged as of November 15, 1991.’”

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. v. MICHIGAN, ET AL. (25449)

    Order dated: 06/17/02
    Docket number: 01-270
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the Michigan Supreme Court erred in holding that, under 49 U.S.C. 115069( C) (2) (B) (iv) (III) (1994) and U.S.C. 14504( C) (2) (B) (iv) (III) (Supp. V 1999), only a State's generic fee is relevant to determining the fee that was 'collected or charged' as of November 15, 1991.

An opinion has been handed down: