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Marc Blubaugh Quoted in FreightWaves on Supreme Court Petition in Broker Liability Case

August 14, 2025

FreightWaves recently featured Marc Blubaugh, co-chair of the firm’s Transportation & Logistics Practice Group, in its coverage of “TQL takes its loss in a broker liability case to the Supreme Court.”

The article examines Total Quality Logistics’ decision to petition the U.S. Supreme Court after losing at the Sixth Circuit in a case with significant implications for broker liability under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act. It also discusses the rarity of the Court taking up such cases, given a longstanding circuit split on the issue.

Commenting on the statistical reality of Supreme Court review, Marc noted:

“As a matter of simple mathematics, the prospect of the U.S. Supreme Court accepting any case for review is always a statistical longshot. A petitioner always has a less than 1% chance of the Court accepting a case for review.”

Read the full article here.

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