ROSENFELD v. PORT AUTHORITY OF N.Y. AND N.J.

No. 98 CIV. 7757(ERK).

108 F.Supp.2d 156 (2000)

Joseph ROSENFELD and Quality Frozen Foods, Inc., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, MTA Bridges and Tunnels, MTA Bridges and Tunnels E-ZPass Program, The New York State Thruway Authority, E-ZPass Regional Consortium, Interagency Group, Lewis M. Eisenberg, Charles A. Gargano, Kathleen A. Donovan, John J. Haley Jr., Robert C. Janiszewski, Peter S. Kalikow, Aubrey C. Lewis, David S. Mack, George D. O'Neill, Alan G. Philibosian, Melvin L. Schweitzer, Anastasia M. Song, Robert E. Boyle, Daniel T. Scannell, E. Virgil Conway, Alfred E. Werner, Barry L. Feinstein, Edward A. Vrooman, David S. Mack, James S. Simpson, Andrew M. Saul, Lawrence H. Silverman, Joseph Rutigliano, Beverly L. Dolinsky, Bernard B. Beal, John S. Dyson, Rudy Washington, Ronnie P. Ackman, Ernest J. Salerno, James L. Sedore Jr., Marc V. Shaw, Forrest R. Taylor, Michael C. Ascher, Stephen V. Reitano and John Does 1-30, Defendants.

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

July 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Weiss, Mark D. Smilow, Weiss & Yourman, New York, NY, for plaintiffs.

Ira J. Lipton, Senior Associate Counsel, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY, for defendants Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

Elliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY (August L. Fietkau, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for defendant New York State Thruway Authority.

Milton H. Pachter, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY (Jay A. Selcov, of counsel), for defendant Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

William Wolfe, Bathgate, Wegener & Wolfe, P.C., Lakewood, NJ, for defendant New Jersey Turnpike Authority.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KORMAN, Chief Judge.

The issue presented by this case is whether the Constitution of the United States requires that interest earned on funds deposited by customers in the highway, bridge and tunnel toll collection system known as E-ZPass be paid to E-ZPass customers. The E-ZPass system was developed for use by several toll authorities in the northeast region of the United States...

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