Deception * USA - Court affirms finding Minnesota State Patrol used it

Saint Paul,MINN,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Sandi Soendker -2 May 2011: -- The Minnesota Attorney General’s office recently asked the U.S. District Court in Minnesota to revisit its finding, from the evidence it heard at trial in September 2010, that the Minnesota State Patrol’s inspectors used deception when inspecting truck drivers for fatigue. The focus of this new request was an email by Lt. Steven Lubbert to the entire Commercial Vehicle Enforcement section of the MSP concerning the use of the patrol’s fatigued driver checklist... According to OOIDA’s lawyer, Paul D. Cullen, Jr., of The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC, this ruling is important because the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law will be the basis for Judge Frank’s next major ruling expected in the case. OOIDA has asked the court to issue an order instructing the MSP what it must do and not do in the future to respect the constitutional and legal rights of drivers...