DEMOCRATIC CENT. COM. OF D. C. v. WASHINGTON MET. A. T. COM'N

Nos. 24398, 24415 and 24428.

485 F.2d 886 (1973)

DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Petitioners v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION, Respondent, D. C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION, Respondent, D. C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. BLACK UNITED FRONT, Petitioner, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION, Respondent, D. C. Transit System, Inc., and Washington Construction Area Industry Task Force, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1973.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon G. Dowdey, Washington, D. C., with whom S. David Levy and Neil J. Cohen, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners in No. 24398.

C. Beldon White, II, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia, with whom Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, and George F. Donnella, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for petitioner in No. 24415.

Jean Camper Cahn, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 24428 and intervenor Washington Construction Area Industry Task Force.

Douglas N. Schneider, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Harvey M. Spear, New York City, for intervenor D. C. Transit System, Inc.

Gilbert Hahn, Jr., Washington, D. C., Chairman of the City Council of the District of Columbia at the time the brief was filed, pro se, with whom Louis F. Oberdorfer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, as amicus curiae.

Before ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Judge, United States Court of Claims.


SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

By these three petitions, we are summoned to review aspects of Order No. 10521 of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission authorizing increases in the fares chargeable by D. C. Transit System, Inc. (Transit) for bus transportation in the District of Columbia and adjacent areas in Maryland and Virginia.2 Having done so through careful consideration of the...

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