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70 Mercer L. Rev. 923 (2018-2019)
Commercial Transportation

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        Commercial Transportation


        by Madeline E. McNeeley,* Yvonne S. Godfrey,-
              Kristy S. Davies,-* T. Peyton Bell,****
                    and Stephen G. Lowry*****

                           I. INTRODUCTION

    Commercial transportation involves all of the significant forms of
passenger and freight transportation across the United States. This
Article  surveys   significant  judicial, regulatory,  and   legislative
developments in commercial transportation law in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit during the period from January
1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.1 The first three major areas
discussed here are subject to heavy federal regulation due to their effects
on interstate commerce: trucking and other commercial motor vehicles,
aviation, and railroads. This Article also touches on two additional
issues, passenger transportation for hire and the development of





      *Associate in the firm of Harris Lowry Manton LLP, Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
University of Tennessee (B.A. & B.S., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Maryland,
College Park (M.S., 2001); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude,
2008). Member, State Bars of Georgia and Tennessee.
   -Associate in the firm of Harris Lowry Manton LLP, Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
Rhodes College (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum
laude, 2011). Member, State Bar of Georgia.
   -Associate in the firm of Harris Lowry Manton LLP, Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
University of Georgia (B.A., magna cum laude, 2006); Florida State University School of
Law (J.D., 2010). Member, State Bars of Georgia and Florida.
   ~Associate in the firm of Harris Lowry Manton LLP, Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
Rhodes College (B.A, 2009); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2015). Member,
State Bar of Georgia.
   -Partner in the firm of Harris Lowry Manton LLP, Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.
University of Maryland Baltimore County (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Lewis and Clark
College Northwestern School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member, State Bar of Georgia.
    1. For an analysis of commercial transportation during the prior survey period, see
Madeline E. McNeeley et al., Commercial Transportation, Eleventh Circuit Survey, 69
MERCER L. REV. 1087 (2018).


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