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Chicago prohibits advertisements in ride share vehicles.
A company that offers entertainment services (video games & ad content; not prostitution) sued claiming that the ordinance violates equal protection clause of the US Constitution because it does not apply to taxis or other vehicles.
The case is progressing in federal courts after surviving motions to kick the case out of court.
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The California Supreme Court has ruled that publicly owned rail must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act.
How does impact high speed rail in California? Whether environmental impact studies must be conducted has been a contetious issue among stakeholders building high speed rail.
How did California get here? A rail line contended that it only needed to comply with federal rail rules.
Cab drivers in the City of Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana sued to level the playing field in Kenner and at its airport.
The cab drivers ultimately want ride share drivers to maintain the same occupational license as cab drivers. Teh city of Kenner said it didn’t have the resources or revenue for enforcement. The cab drivers suggested the city put up checkpoints to check licenses.
The Kenner court saw it differently.
Tesla secured the right to sell vehicles in Arizona, and here’s how:
The Judge: Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti of Painesville, OH
Sentencing of driving under the influence in Painesville, OH includes:
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The high speed rail project: California’s high speed rail project
The federal greenhouse gas funding: greenhouse gas emissions program funds held by the state
Did this go to court? Yes, The Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund sued the state saying the high speed rail would increase carbon emissions in its construction. The state argued the project would ultimately help CA meet its carbon reduction goals.
What did the court say? The funding stream is fine. The state did not…
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State: Georgia
The legal claim giving rise to the lawsuit: taxi drivers claimed that the medallions they must purchase are diminished in value by the statewide ride share statute
The Georgia Supreme Court: “taxicab drivers do not have a constitutionally protected “exclusive right to provide rides originating in the city limits which charged fares based on time and mileage.”
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The Court: The European Union’s highest court
The issue- is ride share a platform or a transportation company? Legal pundits expect the court to rule that ride share companies are transportation companies.
What will be the impact? Stricter regulations apply to transportation companies
Why are pundits now paying attention to this? “An influential advisor to the court, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, has published his opinion on the case” and that opinion is not good for ride share.
A legal fight between Texas Central Rail and Grimes County has created an injuntion to ” permanently enjoin [Texas Central Rail] from performing surveys or other studies which damage, alter or impair county maintained rights of way,”
What Grimes County says it does: prevents Texas Central Rail from exercising precondemantion surveys & Texas Central Rail does not have eminent domain authority
What Texas Central Rail says it does: Surveys will continue, as they have, and no damage will be…