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CITY OF ATLANTA v. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT

Civ. A. No. C80-1108A.

506 F.Supp. 883 (1980)

The CITY OF ATLANTA et al., Plaintiffs, and Fulton County et al., Intervenors on behalf of Plaintiffs, v. The METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a Public Corporation, Defendant, and DeKalb County, a political subdivision of the State of Georgia, Intervenor on behalf of Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

July 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, Ralph H. Witt, Isabel Gates Webster, Atlanta, Ga., for The City of Atlanta and Maynard Jackson.

Robert G. Young, Webb, Young, Daniel & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga., for Fulton County.

Kutak, Rock & Huie, W. Stell Huie, John R. Lowery, Atlanta, Ga., for The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

Robert H. Walling, Gail C. Flake, Decatur, Ga., for DeKalb County.

Ransom & Axam, Tony L. Axam, Kenneth L. Secret, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, John S. Graettinger, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for all other intervenors on behalf of plaintiffs.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SHOOB, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

On June 23, 1980 the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) approved an increase of twenty-five (25) cents in the general passenger fare for the MARTA bus/rail system. The fare increase was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 1980, the first day of MARTA's 1981 fiscal year. On June 30, 1980, plaintiffs brought this action and asked...

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