Mealey's (March 19, 2019, 7:46 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 18 denied an appeal by the California Trucking Association (CTA) challenging the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) did not preempt the California labor commissioner’s use of a common-law test to determine if truck drivers have been properly classified as independent contractors (California Trucking Association v. Julie Su, No. 18-887, U.S. Sup.)....