DEMOCRATIC CENT. COM. v. WASH. MET. AREA TR. COM'N

Nos. 21865, 24398, 24415, 24428 and 75-1632.

842 F.2d 402 (1988)

DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Petitioners, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION, Respondent, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1988.

As Amended March 15, May 17 and June 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon G. Dowdey for Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia, et al., petitioners in Nos. 21865 and 24398. Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance.

Donald J. Balsley, Jr., with whom Gregory M. Barth, and Douglas N. Schneider, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Com'n, respondent in Nos. 21865, 24398, 24415, 24428 and 75-1632.

Harvey M. Spear, with whom Stanley J. Fineman was on the brief, for D.C. Transit System, Inc., petitioner in No. 75-1632 and intervenor in Nos. 21865, 24398, 24415 and 24428. Michael B. McGovern, C. Francis Murphy and Charles A. Camalier, III, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances.

John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Deputy Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for District of Columbia, petitioner in No. 24415.

Gilbert Hahn, Jr., with whom Mary Kathleen Hite, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for Black United Front, et al., petitioner in No. 24428.

Leonard N. Bebchick, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for Leonard N. Bebchick, et al., intervenors in No. 75-1632.

Before ROBINSON, Circuit Judge, MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DAVIS, Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

Dissenting and Concurring Opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Today we conclude yet another chapter in the protracted dispute between D.C. Transit, Inc. (Transit), formerly the franchiser of mass transportation services in the Washington metropolitan area,1 and its patrons. The specifics of...

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