WESTPORT TAXI SERV., INC. v. ADAMS

No. 116, Docket 77-6074.

571 F.2d 697 (1978)

WESTPORT TAXI SERVICE, INC. and Michael and Anthony Gilbertie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Brock ADAMS, Secretary of Transportation, Westport Transit District, Paul R. Green, John E. Meyers, and Richard Bradley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Silver, Stamford, Conn. (David S. Golub, Stamford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Daniel Sagarin, Bridgeport, Conn. (Michael Shapiro, Schless, Sagarin, Neigher & Simon, Bridgeport, Conn., Richard Berkowitz, Berkowitz & Balbirer, Westport, Conn., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Green, Meyers, Bradley and Westport Transit District.

Glenn F. Wasserman, Atty. Advisor, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C. (Robert W. Batchelder, Asst. Chief Counsel, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C., Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Atty., District of Conn., Diana Garfield, Asst. U.S. Atty., District of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Secretary of Transportation.

Before FRIENDLY, GURFEIN and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

The purpose of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. ("the Act"), is to improve urban mass transportation systems. 49 U.S.C. § 1601(b).1 It seeks to advance this purpose by providing, among other things, financial assistance to mass transportation projects of various kinds, including so-called "demonstration projects...

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