S.E. PA. TRANSP. AUTH. v. ACORN


128 Pa.Commw. 292 (1989)

563 A.2d 565

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Bruton, Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Barbara J. Lipshutz, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Irv Ackelsberg, Deborah Harris, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, for ACORN, CBNP & CEPA.

Angel Ortiz, David Cohen, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Robert L. Martin, Lee, Martin, Green & Reiter, Bellefonte, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Assoc. of Mun. Transp. Authorities.

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, and DOYLE, BARRY, COLINS, PALLADINO, McGINLEY and SMITH, JJ.


McGINLEY, Judge.

The Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the Committee for a Better North Philadelphia (CBNP), the Consumer Education and Protective Association (CEPA),1 (collectively, Appellees) instituted this action on April 5, 1989, by challenging the final action of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) raising fares on its City Transit Division. On April 7, 1989, Lucien E. Blackwell...

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