No. 25-1421October Term 2025Before Arguments
Christina Casarez, Petitioner v. Irigoyen Farms, Inc., et al.
from the Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District.
Question presented
1. Whether the judgment below should be vacated in light of Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, 608 U. S. ___ (2026), where the California courts held that the FAAAA’s safety exception does not apply unless the claim alleges the tractor-trailer itself was defective or otherwise unsafe, and that Miller v. C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. was wrongly decided, while Montgomery unanimously held that common-law duties are part of a State’s safety regulatory authority and that a claim is “with respect to motor vehicles” if it concerns the vehicles used in transportation. 2. Whether 49 U. S. C. § 14501(c)(1) may be invoked by nonenumerated defendants such as shippers and receivers to preempt state wrongful-death and negligence claims arising from a fatal truck crash, even though the statute expressly names only motor carriers, motor private carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. 3. Whether the appropriate disposition is at minimum a grant, vacate, and remand order, and whether summary reversal is warranted, where the state trial court and the published state appellate decision rest on reasoning that Montgomery has now squarely rejected.
- Case path
Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology