McKNIGHT v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSP.

No. 77-2563.

583 F.2d 1229 (1978)

Leroy McKNIGHT, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, James C. McConnon, Francis P. Desmond, G. Roger Bowers, Philip R. T. Caroll, Harold E. Kohn, Weldon B. Heyburn, Joseph L. Pyle, Jr., Ellen Ann Roberts, Isadore M. Scott, Lawrence R. Stoltz, Joseph Tracey, sued Individually and in their official capacities as members of the Transportation Board of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, William Eaton, Individually and in his official capacity as General Manager of SEPTA, Robert Kind, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of Security at SEPTA, Frank X. Hutchinson, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of Industrial Relations at SEPTA, Kevin Duffy, Individually and in his official capacity as Manager of Personnel at SEPTA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Penn Legal Assistance Office, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

David F. Girard-DiCarlo, Theodie L. Peterson, III, Thomas J. Bender, Jr., Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Kauffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees — the SEPTA defendants.

Before ADAMS, WEIS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

In modern society, the state has come to play an increasingly pervasive role in peoples' lives, and citizens have become ever more dependent on the government for the fulfillment of basic needs, such as of jobs. This development has focussed heightened attention on the requirement that the government should act, with respect to individuals whose interests are affected by its conduct, in a non-arbitrary, procedurally...

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