Opinion ID: 175671
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Secretary's MCA Jurisdiction over Abel's Work-Related Activities

Text: We next address the second requirement: whether the Secretary's jurisdiction extends to Abel's work-related activities at Southern Shuttle. To satisfy this requirement, Southern Shuttle must show that Abel engage[d] in activities of a character directly affecting the safety of operation of motor vehicles in the transportation on the public highways of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce within the meaning of the Motor Carrier Act. 29 C.F.R. § 782.2(a). Abel does not dispute that, as an airport shuttle driver, he engaged in activities that directly affected the safety of operation of motor vehicles in the transportation of passengers on the public highways. Thus, the only issue presented is whether Abel's activities as an airport shuttle driver constituted interstate commerce within the meaning of the MCA. Here, the issue is easily resolved because Abel performed Southern Shuttle's core airport shuttle transport activity. Having already concluded that Southern Shuttle's airport shuttle service was transportation of passengers in interstate commerce that subjected it to the Secretary's jurisdiction, we conclude that Abel's activities in driving the airport shuttle also constitute interstate commerce.