N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
GER ALDO OR TEGA; M IC HAEL D. PATTON, individua

lly and on be ha lf of the m se lve s , a ll othe rs sim ila rly situa te d, and the ge ne ra l public ,

Pla i ntiffs-Appe lla

nts,
v. J. B
. HUNT TR

ANSPOR T, INC
. , a

n Arkansa s c orporation,

De fe nda n t-Appe l le e . No. 14-56034 D.C . No. 2:07-c v-08336-B R O-SH
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia B e ve rly R e id O’ C onne ll, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d a nd Subm itte d April 4, 2017 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : WARDLAW

and C ALLAHAN, C irc uit Judge s, a nd KENDALL, * * Distric t Judge
. 

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JUL 31 2017 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U

. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

* * The Honora

ble Virginia

M . Ke nda l l, Unite d State s Distric t Judge for the N orthe rn Distric t of Illinois, sitting by de signa tion.Appe lla nts Ge rardo Orte ga

and M ic ha e l Patton (toge the r, “ Pla intiffs” ) file d
a c la ss a c tion a ga inst Appe lle e J.B . Hunt Tra nsport, Inc . (“ J.B . Hunt” ), a lle ging that J.B . Hunt’ s c om

pe nsation sy ste m

viola te d C a lifornia ’ s m inim

um wa ge , m e a l bre a k, a n d re s t bre ak la

ws. The distric t c ourt found tha t the Fe de ra l Avia

t ion Adm inistra

tion Authoriz ation Ac t (“ FAAAA” ), 49 U.S.C
. § 14501 e t se q. , pre e m pte d Pla i ntiffs’ c la im s. The distric t c ourt gra nte d J.B . Hunt’ s m otion for judgm e nt on the ple a dings re ga rding Pla intiffs’ m e a l a

nd re st bre ak c la im s, a

nd the n grante d J.B . Hunt’ s m otion for sum m ary judgm e n t on Pla i ntiffs’ m inim um
wa ge c la i m s. The distric t c ourt de te rm i ne d tha t the se la ws signific antly

im pa c te d J.B . Hunt’ s pric e s, route s, a nd se rvic e s, a

n d thus we re pre e m

p te d by the FAAAA. Orte ga a p pe a le d the se de c isions. W e have jurisdic tion pursua nt to 28 U.S.C
. § 1291. W e va c ate an d

re m an d
. 1. “ A distric t c ourt’ s de c ision re ga rding pre e m

ption is re vie we d

de novo.” C alifornians for Safe

& C ompe titiv e Dump Truc k

Transp. v . Me ndonc a , 152 F.3d 1184, 1186 (9th C ir. 1998). A “ distric t c ourt’ s gra nt of sum m ary judgm e nt” is a lso re vie we d de novo, N

e v . De p’t of C orr. v . Gre e ne , 648 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th C ir. 2011), a s is a de c ision gra

nting judgme nt on the ple a dings unde r Fe de ra l R ule of C i vil Proc e dure 12(c ), Be rg v . Popham , 412 F.3d 1122, 1125 (9th C ir. 2005).
22. While this c a se wa s pe nding on a ppe a l, we de c ide d Dilts v

. Pe nsk e Logistic s , LLC , 769 F.3d 637 (9th C i r. 2014). The re , we found tha t C a l ifornia ’ s
m e a l a nd re st bre ak la

ws a re not “ re late d to” pric e s, route s, or se rvic e s, a n d the re fore are not a s a

m atte r of la

w pre e m pte d by the FAAAA. Id. at 647–48 & n.2. The distric t c ourt did not ha ve the be ne fit of our de c ision in Dilts , a nd tha t de c ision c om

pe ls the c onc l usion tha

t the distric t c ourt e rre d in gra nting J.B . Hunt’ s
m otion for judgme nt on theple a dings on Plaintiffs’ m e a l a nd re st bre ak c l a im s. 3. The distric t c ourt simi la rly e rre d in gra

nting sum m ary judgm e nt in J.B . Hunt’ s favor on Pla intiffs’ m inim um wa ge c la im s. In Me ndonc a , we he ld tha t that “ [w] h ile [C a lifornia ’ s pre va iling wa ge la w] in a c e rta in se nse is ‘ re late d to’ [the pla intiff’ s] pric e s, route s a nd se rvic e s, . . . thee ffe c t is no m ore tha

n indire c t,
re m ote , and te n

u ous.” 152 F.3d a

t 1189. In Dilts , we re ite ra te d tha t the FAAAA doe s not pre e m

pt sta te wa ge la

w s, e ve n if those la

ws diffe r from

sta t e to sta te and
m otor c arrie rs m

ust ta ke the se into a c c ount. 769 F.3d a t 647–48. V ACAT E D AND RE M ANDE D.

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