⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The Ninth Circuit considers overtime claims by former McLane truck drivers Jordan Madero and Esteban Orosco. Most routes ran from McLane's Riverside warehouse to California restaurants, though the goods came from other states and the drivers sometimes crossed state lines. The district court held that the Motor Carrier Act exemption barred their federal overtime claim. The drivers will argue that the goods entered McLane's inventory without customer-specific orders, ending the interstate journey at the warehouse. McLane will argue that chain-specific contracts, forecasting, brief storage, and segregated products made each local delivery part of a continuous interstate movement. McLane also cross-appeals the dismissal of the remaining California claims, arguing that ordinary diversity jurisdiction or the Class Action Fairness Act kept them in federal court. The drivers will argue dismissal was correct.

Madero v. McLane Foodservice, Inc. (No. 25-1341) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, argued July 7, 2026.