49 U.S.C. § 31302
Commercial driver’s license requirement
No individual shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid commercial driver’s license issued in accordance with section 31308. An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver’s license at any time and may have only one learner’s permit at any time.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Transp., 724 F.3d 230 (D.C. Cir. 2013).
Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Transp., 724 F.3d 230 (D.C. Cir. 2013). “The question we must answer is whether a facially unambiguous statute of general application is enough to abrogate an existing international agreement without some further indication Congress intended such a repudiation. We conclude it is not.”
Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters v. United States Dep't of Transp., 724 F.3d 206 (D.C. Cir. 2013). “” 49 U.S.C. § 31302 . Section 31308, in turn, requires the Secretary of Transportation to set “minimum uniform standards for the issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses .”
People v. Meyer, 186 Cal. App. 4th 1279 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “) This is toward the congressional goal of reducing truck and bus accidents through limiting a commercial driver to a single commercial license ( 49 U.S.C. § 31302 ; 49 C.F.R. § 383.1 (2009)) tracked through the CDLIS (Commercial Driver’s License Information System).”
Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Transp., 858 F.3d 980 (5th Cir. 2017). “On the second claim, the Association alleged that 49 U.S.C. §§ 31302 and 31308 require Mexican drivers to obtain state-issued CDLs.”
Cooley v. East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc., 243 F. Supp. 3d 941 (E.D. Tenn. 2017). “See 49 U.S.C. §§ 31302 , 31304(a)(1), 521. ETHRA’s refusal to follow Dr.”
Malinda Cooley v. E. Tenn. Human Resource Agency (6th Cir. 2017). “See 49 U.S.C. §§ 31302 , 31304(a)(1), 521(b)(2)(C), 521(b)(6)(B)(i).”
Parks v. Phillip Rock Ctr. & Sch. (N.D. Ill. 2020). “¶ 15 ; see 49 U.S.C. § 31302 . For that reason, the job description called for the AM Shift Coordinator to obtain a CDL.”
Curry v. W. Express (M.D. Ga. 2025). “See 49 U.S.C. § 31302 ; O.C.G.A. § 40-5-140. Indeed, when a worker has procured a state license, this fact weighs in favor of independent contractor status.”
Jorge Lujan v. FMCSA (D.C. Cir. 2025). “49 U.S.C. § 31302 . The Act authorizes the States to issue CDLs as a condition for receiving federal highway funds, see 49 U.”
Jorge Lujan v. FMCSA (D.C. Cir. 2026). “49 U.S.C. § 31302 . The Act authorizes states to issue these licenses, id.”
Owner-Op Indepen Drivers Assoc v. FMCSA (D.C. Cir. 2013). “” 49 U.S.C. § 31302 . Section 31308, in turn, requires the Secretary of Transportation to set “minimum uniform standards for the issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses .”
Owner-Op Indepen Drivers Assoc v. FMCSA (D.C. Cir. 2013). “” 49 U.S.C. § 31302 . Section 31308, in turn, requires the Secretary of Transportation to set “minimum uniform standards for the issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses .”
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