The long-awaited court ruling on the Massachusetts ‘Right to Repair’ legislation has been delayed once again.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston by the trade group Alliance for Automobile Innovation says the “data law” is unenforceable because it runs afoul of federal law and the Constitution. 

Opposition to the Question 1 initiative, approved overwhelmingly in the 2020 U.S. election, has been vigorous from early on.

That initiative and the legislation springing from it modified the state’s existing right to repair legislation to allow the independent aftermarket repair sector to access wireless vehicle ‘telematics’ data.

United States District Judge Douglas Woodlock issued a notice on Friday, April 15, 2022, informing of another delay to provide a decision on the Right to Repair court case in Massachusetts.

Citing “the resurgence of a demanding criminal trial schedule, resumption of long delayed in-court non-trial proceedings coupled with insistent writing responsibilities in other matters,” Judge Woodlock extended the date to resolve the matter and invited the Defendant (the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) to “make a Further Modified Stipulation to adjust the relevant date necessary for an appropriate period of consideration in support of a fully satisfactory opinion until no later than July 2, 2022, to bring this case to an appealable final judgement.”

The judge previously stated that he would issue a final judgment no later than April 15, 2022.