NEW YORK – FedEx has sued New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to stop his fraud probe into the speedy package carrier.
FedEx said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday that the probe cannot proceed because there is a federal prohibition against state laws regulating the prices, routes and services of air carriers.
The lawsuit said that letting the investigation proceed would be allowing overlapping and inconsistent regulation of air carriers by the federal government and the states.
FedEx, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., filed the lawsuit in response to a subpoena it received in June from Cuomo’s office. It said it must answer the subpoena by the end of August.
Cuomo spokesman John Milgrim did not immediately respond to a message for comment.