JONES v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSP. AUTHORITY

No. CIV-80-1075E.

524 F.Supp. 233 (1981)

Walter L. JONES, Walter L. Jones Development Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (NFTA), Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Neal Cavanaugh & Siegfried Construction Co., Inc., John Sanders & Slattery Associates, Inc., Darling, Herbert F. and Earl Francis & John W. Cowper Co., Inc., S. H. Bartholomew & Fruin/Colnon/Tom Trayler and Traylor Bros., William Sterling & Onyx Equipment Co., Victor Scaravilli & S. & M. McHugh Kenney, Oscar Rayford & Universal Supply Equipment & Construction Co., John M. Fuhrmann & Construction Industry Employers Association, Edward Cole & Tresco Distributions, Carmen A. Gallo & Amiga Construction, Emanuel Humes & Humes Contracting Co., Joseph Myles & Trash Land Trucking, Robert Chester & Keystone Steel, Robert L. Pitts & P & S Supply, James Lyels & L & W Concrete, DeVilus Gray & Aftco International Trading Company, Paul Harrison & Downtown Dump Truck Service, Dean Williams & Native American Construction Co., William Taborn & Nelson Peters, Associates, Donald J. Blair & Building Trades Council of Buffalo & Vicinity, Ronald M. Fino & Laborers Local Union No. 210, Joseph F. Colern & Michael Fitzpatrick, Iron Workers Local Union No. 6, Leonard S. Coniglio & Cement Mason's Local Union No. 511, Herman F. Bodewes & Carpenters District Council, Leo Hopkins & Operating Engineers Local Union Nos. 17, 17A, 17B, Lawrence J. Stroh & National Electrical Contractors Assc., Plumbing Contractors Association of Erie County, NY., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. New York.

October 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Davis, Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

C. Donald O'Connor, Asst. U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N. Y., for UMTA.

Timothy J. Toohey, Buffalo, N. Y., for NFTA.


MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF ORDER ENTERED AUGUST 28, 1981

ELFVIN, District Judge.

This civil rights action, commenced in the winter of 1980, revolves around the contracting practices of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority ("the NFTA") in the construction of the City of Buffalo's Light Rail Rapid Transit System ("the LRRT"). Plaintiff,1 the Walter L. Jones Development Corporation, is a small, nonunion general contracting...

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