NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE, INC., Straphangers Campaign, Andrea Mapp, Deborah Carrington, and Juan B. Gonzalez, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The STATE OF NEW YORK, George E. Pataki, as Governor of the State of New York, Joseph L. Bruno, as Temporary President of the New York State Senate, and Sheldon Silver, as Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Defendants,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, E. Virgil Conway, as Chairman and President of the MTA, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 14, 1995.
Decided December 7, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eric T. Schneiderman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, New York City (Gerald A. Novack, John Sullivan, Peter Vaughan, Alan S. Brodherson, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee N.Y. Urban League, Inc.
G. Oliver Koppell, Zwerling, Schachter, Zwerling & Koppell, New York City (Dan Drachler, Hillary Sobel, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees Straphangers Campaign, Andrea Mapp, Deborah Carrington, and Juan B. Gonzalez.
Jeffrey Glekel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City (Thomas J. Schwarz, Jeremy A. Berman, on the brief), for defendants-appellants Metropolitan Transp. Authority and E. Virgil Conway, as Chairman and President of the MTA.
Harvey J. Golubock, Assistant Attorney General In Charge, Litigation Bureau, New York City (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Victoria A. Graffeo, Solicitor General, Jeffrey I. Slonim, Gary E. Lesch, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for defendant State of N.Y.
Barbara J. Olshansky, Michael E. Deutsch, The Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, for amicus curiae The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance.
Before WALKER, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiffs filed this action on October 20, 1995, challenging the allocation by the State of New York and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA") of funds for mass transit in New York City and surrounding suburban communities. Plaintiffs claim that riders of the New York City Transit Authority ("NYCTA") subway and bus system, the majority of whom are members of protected minority groups, pay a higher share of the cost of operating that system...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
